Education
He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League.
He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League.
He served in the United States. Army in World War I. In 1924, he moved to Taos, New Mexico. In 1933, he worked for the Treasury Relief Art Project and the Public Works of Art Project, federal arts programs of the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1937 he was commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture to create murals for the United States. post offices in Goodland, Kansas, and Deming, New Mexico.
In 1938, he moved to Albuquerque.
He taught at the University of New Mexico. In 1961, he was elected to the National Academy of Design.
His work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Anschutz collection, the Fred Jones Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. His papers are held at the Archives of American Artist
He was a member of the Taos Society of Artists.