Background
Murch, Walter Tandy was born on August 17, 1907 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Walter and Louise (Tandy) Murch.
Murch, Walter Tandy was born on August 17, 1907 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Walter and Louise (Tandy) Murch.
Student Ontario College Art, Toronto, 1924-1927, Grand Central School Art, New York City, 1927-1928, Art Students League, New York City, 1928-1929.
Painter in oils, since 1937. Teacher painting New York University and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Associate professor painting and drawing Boston University, 1961-1965, professor, since 1965.
Lecturer art Columbia, since 1964.
Ford Foundation artist in residence Museum Program Huntington Gallery, Huntington, West Virginia, 1964. Exhbtd. in one-man shows at Wakefield Gallery, New York City, 1941, Betty Parsons Gallery, 1947, 49, 51, 54, 57, 59, Saint Louis Gallery 1949.
Allan Frumkim Gallery Chicago, 1953 and Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1960. Represented collections Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Addison Gallery American Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, Lane Foundation, Leominster, Massachusetts, Munson-Williams-Proctor, Utica, New York, Toledo Museum Art, Brooklyn Museum, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts Philadelphia, Albright Museum Buffalo, The Barnes Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Whitney Museum, New York City, International Business Machs.
Collection, New York City, University of Illinois, Edward Root College, National City Bank, New York City, Corcoran Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, District of Columbia Exhibited Institute Contemporary Art, London, England., 1950, Modern Museum (still life), 20th Century, 1952, 30 United States Contemporaries, 1952, Tokyo, Japan, Annual Museum Exhibns.
American, American Stained Glass Exhibition, New York City, 1953-1954, American Painting 1754-1954, Metropolitan Museum, New York City, Venice Bienalle, 1956. United States International Association Plastic Arts circulating show, 1955-1957. Dallas Museum Contemporary Arts, 1958.
Detroit Institute of Art, 1957.
American Painting 1760-1960, Milwaukee Art Center, 1960. 64th American Exhibition Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1961 and others
Member Committee Fulbright International Scholarship awards in art, 1960-1961.
Married Katharine Scott, December 26, 1930. Children: Walter Scott, Louise Tandy.