Background
Talbot, William Howe Mcelwain was born on January 10, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Cleveland and Dorothy Howe (McElwain) Talbot.
Talbot, William Howe Mcelwain was born on January 10, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Cleveland and Dorothy Howe (McElwain) Talbot.
Student Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1936-1941, Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1945-1946.
Exhibited in one man shows at Carroll-Knight Gallery, Saint Louis, 1948, Andrew-Morris Gallery, New York City, 1963, Martin Schweig Gallery, Saint Louis, 1965, 69, Frank Rehn Gallery, New York City, 1968, 71, Arts Club, Chicago, 1972. Exhibited in group shows at Whitney Museum American Art, 1950, 61, 63, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts Annual, 1942, 49, Philadelphia Museum International, 1949, DeCordova & Dana, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1949, New York World Fair, 1964. Commissions include Memorial Sculpture, Rehabilitation Center, Barnes Hospital, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1964, Fountain, National Headquarters, National Council State Garden Clubs of America, Saint Louis, 1959, Fountain, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) Youth Library, 1950.
Artist-in-residence University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1949.
Visiting lecturer Earlham College, Indiana, 1964, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1965. President Sculptors Guild, 1965-1968, vice president publications, 1968-1972.
Founder, trustee Washington (Connecticut) Art Association, 1952-1958.
Served with Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Member Sculptors Guild, Century Association.
Married Joan Sangree, August, 1946. Children: Constance, Augusta, John, Peter.