Background
Price, Chester B. was born on June 11, 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Marmaduke and Margaret (McQuillan) Price.
Price, Chester B. was born on June 11, 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William Marmaduke and Margaret (McQuillan) Price.
Education public and private schools. Washington University, Saint Louis. Atelier Umbdenstock, Paris.
Studied etching under Malcolm Osborne and Robert Austin, Royal College of Art, London.
1 son, Boyce Poston; married second, Alice J. Hendee, January 15, 1919. Children—Barbara, Gordon Hendee. Studied, traveled abroad, 1906-1907 (traveling scholarship Architectural League America).
Opened own office, 1919, specializing in architectural illustration and etching.
Member of staff Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith (name now changed to Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines), since 1951. Exhibited Architectural League (Birch Long memorial prize), National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, Society American Etchers—all of New New York
Chicago Architectural Exhibition League and Chicago Society of Etchers. New York World’s Fair, 1939.
Work in “Fine Prints of the year,” 1931-1936, “Fifty Prints of the Year,” 1933, 14th Editorial. of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Represented in New York Public Library, National Museum (Washington, District of Columbia), University of Nebraska, Library of Congress, Washington.
Member of staff Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith (name now changed to Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines), since 1951. Exhibited Architectural League (Birch Long memorial prize), National Academy of Design, National Arts. Fellow American Institute Architects, Architectural League (president 1949), New New York
Member Society of American Etchers, Chicago Society of Etchers.
Married Marie Louise Poston, April. Married second, Alice J. Hendee, January 15, 1919. Children: Barbara, Gordon Hendee.