Rowan House

December 13, 1908 (age 38)

Mississippi, U

He used a variety of media including oil on canvas, watercolor, and pen and ink. After the United States. Wall Street Crash of 1929, he returned to Cleveland, Mississippi to graduate from Delta State college (now Delta State University). He was stricken with polio at the age of 19 which affected his left arm and leg, both of which were considerably smaller and weaker throughout his life as a result. He utilized the techniques of Elizabeth Kenny in the treatment of his condition. During the years following the great depression, House supported himself primarily through commercial art in Memphis, Tennessee. In particular, he painted portraits for young southern debutantes celebrating their coming out parties. Many such portraits were reproduced in the Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis. In 1935, House married Maxine Boggan and later moved to New York City, New New York While there, he earned a living both as a commercial artist and a free-lance artist. The subject which House captured in his paintings most frequently was life in the "old South". He was well known for his pen and ink drawings as well as portraits of many notable people of the South. After the outbreak of World World War II, House was hired by the Army Air Force to work on training films for pilots. He was in Orlando, Florida producing pictures of the first jets when he was stricken with stomach cancer. His stomach was removed at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. He then returned to Mississippi and the family home. He recuperated for a year before he attempted to work again. House died in 1947 at the age of 38 from complications relating to his stomach cancer. During the presidency of Jimmy Carter, several of House"s works hung in the Oval Office as part of the President"s desire to promote southern artists. Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi has several art scholarships in his memory and has many of House"s works on display.

Rowan House

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Background

House was born in Mississippi, United States.A. to Nathaniel Perkins House (banker, cotton merchant, and farmer) and Rowena Thayer.

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He spent his childhood in Mineral Wells, just south of Memphis, Tennessee and later attended the Art Institute of Chicago.

Career

He used a variety of media including oil on canvas, watercolor, and pen and ink. After the United States. Wall Street Crash of 1929, he returned to Cleveland, Mississippi to graduate from Delta State college (now Delta State University). He was stricken with polio at the age of 19 which affected his left arm and leg, both of which were considerably smaller and weaker throughout his life as a result.

He utilized the techniques of Elizabeth Kenny in the treatment of his condition.

During the years following the great depression, House supported himself primarily through commercial art in Memphis, Tennessee. In particular, he painted portraits for young southern debutantes celebrating their coming out parties.

Many such portraits were reproduced in the Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis. In 1935, House married Maxine Boggan and later moved to New York City, New New York

While there, he earned a living both as a commercial artist and a free-lance artist.

The subject which House captured in his paintings most frequently was life in the "old South". He was well known for his pen and ink drawings as well as portraits of many notable people of the South. After the outbreak of World World War II, House was hired by the Army Air Force to work on training films for pilots.

He was in Orlando, Florida producing pictures of the first jets when he was stricken with stomach cancer.

His stomach was removed at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. He then returned to Mississippi and the family home.

He recuperated for a year before he attempted to work again. House died in 1947 at the age of 38 from complications relating to his stomach cancer.

During the presidency of Jimmy Carter, several of House"s works hung in the Oval Office as part of the President"s desire to promote southern artists.

Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi has several art scholarships in his memory and has many of House"s works on display.

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