Background
Bailey, William Harrison was born on November 17, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Willard Kendall and Marjorie Esther (Cheyney) Bailey.
Bailey, William Harrison was born on November 17, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Willard Kendall and Marjorie Esther (Cheyney) Bailey.
Student, University Kansas, 1951. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1955. Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1957.
HHD (honorary), University Utah, 1987. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Adelphi University. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 2004.
He is the Kingman Brewster Professor Emeritus of Art at Yale. at Yale University. He is best known as a contemporary realist painter. His student days were interrupted from 1951 to 1953.
Bailey was a sergeant in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953.
He served in Japan and of Korea. After his army days were over, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1955) and an Master of Fine Arts (1957) at Yale.
He studied with Josef Albers. Bailey"s career as a working artist developed over time.
He is best known as a figurative painter whose work is in major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, District of Columbia He was a professor of art at Yale from 1969 to 1995.
Served with United States Army, 1951-1953. Member National Academy Design, National Council Arts, American Academy Arts and Letters, Academy San Luca, Rome, Connecticut Commision on the Arts, Academia di Belli Arti, Perugia, Tiffany Foundation (board directors), Yaddo (member corporation).
Married Sandra Stone, May 28, 1958. Children: Ford Hamilton, Alix Brook.