Background
Carroll, John was born on August 14, 1892 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Frank and Veda (Peck) Carroll.
Carroll, John was born on August 14, 1892 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Frank and Veda (Peck) Carroll.
Preparatory education, Mark Hopkins Art Academy, San Francisco, and under Frank Duveneck, Cincinnati. Student of University California, 1913-1915.
Of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, 1930-1944. Professor painting, Art Students League, New York City, since 1944. Republican in Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Los Angeles Museum Fine Arts.
Harrison Gallery, Los Los Angeles Indianapolis Institute of Artist
Omaha Museum of Artist Detroit Museum Art: Whitney Museum Art, New York City, Toledo Museum of Artist
Newark Museum of Artist Montclair (New Jersey) Museum, Museum of Honolulu, National Academy, International Business Machines Corporation, Metropolitan Museum Art Students League, Encyclopedia British, New York City, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, New Britain (Connecticut) Museum, others
Awards: Purchase prize, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1922. First prize, Pan American Exhibition, Los Angeles, 1925.
Norman Waite Harris silver medal, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago.
1927. First lithographic prize, 1929, and gold medal for painting, San Francisco, 1930. Gold medal. Detroit Museum of Art, 1936.
Altman prize, National Academy, 1949.
Altman prize, Allied Artists, 1954. John Simon Guggenheim fellow, 1927.
Served as ensign United States Navy 2 years, World War I. North.A. Club: Century Association (New York City).