Background
III, Henry Varnum Poor, was born on September 30, 1888 in Chapman, Kansas, United States. Son of Alfred James and Josephine (Graham) P.
III, Henry Varnum Poor, was born on September 30, 1888 in Chapman, Kansas, United States. Son of Alfred James and Josephine (Graham) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1910. Art education, Slade School, London, and Julian Academy, Paris.
Resident artist American Academy in Rome, 1950. Professor of painting Columbia University, 1952. Specialist in pottery and tile decoration.
Designer of tile ceiling, Union Dime Savings Bank, New York City.
Paintings on permanent exhibition in Rehn Gallery, Metropolitan Museum and Whitney Museum, New York City, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Newark (New Jersey) Museum, San Francisco (California) Museum, Cleveland Museum, Addison Memorial Museum, Andover, Massachusetts. 12 mural panels completed in true fresco for Department of Justice Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
Large mural, Conservation of American Wild Life,” for Department of Interior Building, Washington, District of Columbia. Large fresco, The Land Grant Mural,” for Penn State College, 1941.
Fresco, New Courier-Journal Building, Louisville, others
President Skowhegan (Maine) School Painting and Sculpture. Landscape prize, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. 3d prize, Carnegie International, 1933.
Member Jury of Award, San Francisco International Exposition, 1939. Received presidential appointment as. Member Art Advisory Committee to the State Department Unit of Artists, Alaska Theatre of War.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters, Artists Equity Association (1st vice president 1953).
Married Elizabeth Breuer. Children: Josephine Lydia, Anne K., Peter Varnum.