Background
Cassidy, Ira D. Gerald was born on November 10, 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin B. and Olive E. (Crouch) Cassidy.
Cassidy, Ira D. Gerald was born on November 10, 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin B. and Olive E. (Crouch) Cassidy.
Educated The Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati, under Duvenick (first prize for drawing). National Academy Design and Art Students’ League, New New York
Regular exhibitor New York, Boston and in California. Awarded grand prize and gold medal for murals in Indian Art Gallery, Panama-California Exposition, 1915. Represented in San Diego Museum.
Freer Collection, Washington, District of Columbia.
Canton (China) Christian College. New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. McPherson (Kansas) High School.
Golden (Colorado) High School.
New York Public Library. Luxembourg Gallery, Paris. Albertina Museum, Vienna.
Also in private galleries of the United States, France and Germany.
Member Chicago Galleries Association (awarded prizes in semiannual exhibitions, 1928, 29, 30, 31).
Married Sarah Craus Snowden. Married second, Mistress.