Background
Detwiller, Frederick Knecht was born on December 31, 1882 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Jay (Doctor of Medicine and Arabella (Knecht) D.
Detwiller, Frederick Knecht was born on December 31, 1882 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Jay (Doctor of Medicine and Arabella (Knecht) D.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Lafayette College, 1904. Doctor of Humane Letters, 1945. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1906.
Admitted bar, in New York State, 1906.
Studied art, architecture and painting Columbia University, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris), Art Student’s League (New York City), Royal Institute di Belle Art (Florence, Italy), École Americaine des Beaux Arts (Fontainebleau, France).
Exhibited in Salon, Paris, 1914. Whitney Museum of America Arts. National Academy Design, New New York
The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts.
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia. Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences.
Adler Planetarium Astronomical Museum, Chicago. American Museum Natural History, New New York
Architectural League of New New York
United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia. Exhibited prints, America in War, Artists for Victory, United States tour of museums, 1944-1946.
Clubs: Lotos, New York Water Color, Salmagundi (president 1944-1946). Originator of Frederick Detwiller System of Graphic Art Education—a traveling exhibition used by schools and colleges, since 1929.
Married Emelyne Lewis Gatch, March 20, 1930.