Hart Haller Empie

Background

Empie, Hart Haller was born on March 26, 1909 in Safford, Arizona, United States. Son of Hart Dewitt and Allie Annie (Haller) Empie.

Education

Attended, Capital College Pharmacy, 1929. Attended, University Arizona, 1931. Student, Frederic Taubes, 1950—1953.

D. Pharmaceutical (honorary), Arizona Pharmacy Association, 1982.

Career

Registered pharmacist, Arizona Owner and pharmacist Duncan Drug/Art Gallery Drug, Duncan, Arizona, 1929-1980. Cartoonist Empie Kartoon Kards, Duncan, 1930-1963;artist/teacher Hal Empie Studio, Duncan, 1929. Cartoonist Arizona highways.

Judge Traditional Artists Guild.

Lecturer schools universities, Arizona One-man shows include: El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, Valley National Bank, Phoenix, since 1982, El Conquistador Mezzanine Gallery, Tucson, 1982, 83,Eastern Arizona College, 1983. Group shows include Traditional Artists Guild, Paramount, California, 1981, Phippin Memorial, 1983, New Mexico Southern State Fair Invitational, 1984, Museum Modern Art, New York City, U. Arizona, Tucson. represented in permanent collections Carnegie Library., U. Arizona History Foundation, Tempe, Syracuse University, 1st national Bank, Beloit, Wisconsin, Tucson Museum Artist

Achievements

• Hart Haller Empie has been listed as a notable artist, sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member art committee 5th Congressional District Arizona, from 1983. Member of Arizona Pharmacy Association (honorary president 1983).

Connections

Married Louise O. Reinhardt, February 20, 1929. Children: Halene Louise, Joel Stratton, Ruth Annual.

Father:

Hart Dewitt Empie

Mother:

Allie Annie (Haller) Empie

Spouse:

Louise O. Reinhardt

child:

Joel Stratton Empie

child:

Ruth Annual Empie

child:

Halene Louise Empie