Background
Begg, John Alfred was born on June 23, 1903 in New Smyrna, Florida, United States. Son of John Alfred and Rose (Gradick) Begg.
Begg, John Alfred was born on June 23, 1903 in New Smyrna, Florida, United States. Son of John Alfred and Rose (Gradick) Begg.
Student of University Florida, 1920-1921. Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1924.
Free lance artist, Florida, 1924-1925. Advertising manager Taylor-Alexander Properties, Incorporated., Winter Haven, Florida, 1925-1926. Art director Anderson Advertising Agency, Tampa, 1926-1927, Madison Square Press, New York City, 1927-1931, Union Lithograph Company, San Francisco, 1931-1932.
Art editor, book designer American Book Company.
New York City, 1932-1937. Free lance book designing, New York City, 1937-1939.
Production manager University of Oxford Press, New York City, 1939-1968, assistant secretary, 1956-1960, vice president, 1960-1968. Instructor typography and design New York University, 1950-1957.
Exhibition book work American Trade Book Designers, 1945.
Books designed annual textbook exhibitions sponsored by American Institute Graphic Arts, in the Fifty Books of the Year and in Artes del libros los Estados Unidos. One-man show, sculpture, water colors Wakefield Gallery, New York City, 1942, Friedman Gallery, 1947, Feist Gallery. 1969; exhibited group shows Whitney, Worcester, Brooklyn, Riverside, Albany museums.
Retrospective exhibition (with wife) Hudson River Museum, 1962, sculpture show 1967.
Represented Addison Gallery American Art, New York Public Library, private collections. Board of directors American Institute Graphic Arts, 1942-1944, 51-54.
Member Yonkers Art Association (chairman board 1972-1973). Club: Typophiles.
Married Miriam Mendelsohn, March 3, 1934. Children: John Alfred, Barbara Jane.