Background
Dearstyne, Howard Best was born on August 2, 1903 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Lottie (Best) Dearstyne.
Dearstyne, Howard Best was born on August 2, 1903 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Lottie (Best) Dearstyne.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1925, postgraduate, 1925-1928. Diploma, Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 1932. Postgraduate Bauhaus, Berlin, 1932-1933.
. Architectural designer Wallace K. Harrison and Judge-Advocate Fouilhoux, New York City, 1935-1939, Raymond Loewy and Antonin Raymond, 1940-1941. Exhibited photography one man shows Virginia Museum Fine Arts, 1951, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1962, University of Michigan Art Museum, 1962, Bloomfield (Michigan) Art Association, 1963, University of Michigan Extension Service and Graduate Study Center, Dearborn, 1963, Andrew Dickson White Museum Art, Cornell Univercity, 1963, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1963, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, 1963, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, 1963, Hollins College, 1963, Peninsula Arts Association, Newport News, 1964, Richmond Professional Institute, 1964, Longwood College, 1964, Howard University, 1964, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964, University Texas, Austin, 1964, Texas A. and M. University, 1964, Arizona State University, 1965, U. Utah, 1965, U. Oregon, 1965, Fort Worth Art Center, 1965, M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1966, U. Oklahoma, 1966, Mills College, 1966, Illinois Institute Technology, 1967, Texas Technological College, 1967, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1967, Fisk University, 1968, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, Michigan, 1968, Spelman College, Atlanta, 1968, Bird in Hand Galleries, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, 73, Sander Gallery, Washington, 1977. Exhibited group shows 2d Armory Exhibition, New York City, 1945, Museum Modern Art Shows, 1946, 50, 51, 57, 58,-59, 60, 62, Los Angeles County Museum, 1950, George Eastman House, 1959, 63-64, Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 1970, Photo Expo 71, Chicago.
Faculty Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1941-1942.
Resident architect, teacher archaeology Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1943-1944. Head department design Cranbrook Academy Art, Michigan, 1944-1946.
Faculty College William and Mary, 1946-1957. Associate professor department archaeology Illinois Institute Technology, 1957-1971.
Assistant architectural records editor Colonial Williamsburg, 1946-1956.
Fellow Graham Foundation Advanced Studies Fine Arts, 1969. Member American International Assurance, College Art Association American, Society Architectural Historians (past director), Association Collegiate Schools Architecture (past Committee chairman).
Married Barbara Louise Timmins, October 5, 1946 (deceased.