Background
Groth, John was born on February 26, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Ethel (Bragg) Groth.
Groth, John was born on February 26, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John and Ethel (Bragg) Groth.
Student, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1926-1927; student, Art Students League New York, 1937-1938; D.Arts (honorary), Eastern Michigan U., 1976.
Art director, Esquire, 1933-1936; art director, Broun's Nutmeg, 1939; European war correspondent, Chicago Sun, 1944; European war correspondent, American Legion, 1945; lecturer, 1945-1946; art instructor, Art Students League New York, 1942-1988; artist-war correspondent, Metropolitan Group Syndicate Korea, French Indo-China, 1951; United States Air Force correspondent, Congo-Central Africa, 1960; artist, war. correspondent, Dominican Republic, 1965; artist, war. correspondent, Vietnam, 1967; art instructor, Pratt Institute, 1952-1988; art instructor, Parsons School Design, 1954-1955; art instructor, National Academy of Design, 1962-1988. Correspondent Sports Illustrated, Asia, 1954. Artist in residence University Texas, 1970.
(Signed hardback book with dust jacket titled STUDIO:Asia ...)
(Book, leather bound, Easton Press edition.)
Fellow Explorers Club. Member Audubon Artists. (director); Member Society Illustrators, American Water Color Society, National Academy of Design (associate) Clubs: Overseas Press (New York City), Illustrators (New York City), Lotos (New York City), Salmagundi (New York City).