Background
Welsh, William Peter was born on September 20, 1889 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Bartholomew J. and Sarah Ellen (King) Welsh.
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William Peter Welsh
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Student, St. Paul's and Johnson Grammar Schools, Lexington, Kentucky, 1895—1903. Student of drawing and painting under, Mary Kinkead, Lexington, Kentucky, 1904—1906. Student, Delecleuse and Julien academies, Paris, 1906—1907.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1900—1910.
Career
Painter mural decorations Cleveland Athletic Club, Hotel Statler, Berghoff Rathskeller, Cleveland, 1911-1914. With United States Lithograph Company, New York City, 1914-1915. Free lance artist, 1915-1916.
Kinstr. College Fine and Applied Arts, Advertising Educational Foundation University, Beaune, Cote d'Or, France, 1919. Portrait painter Chicago, from 1923.
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Served on Mexico Border, 1916, as Second lieutenant, 1st New York.F.A. First lieutenant April 17, 1917, with 104th Field Artillery. United States Army; with Advertising Educational Foundation, June 1918-July 1919.
Captain American Advertising Federation, 1942, major 1943, lieutenant colonel 1946. Made paintings in Far East Theatre of Operations for History Records of American Advertising Federation, 1945-1946. Fellow Royal Society Arts, International Institute Arts and Letters.
Member Society of Illustrators, New York, Tavern Club (vice president), Wayfarers Club (Chicago), National Arts Club (New York City).
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Awards
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Recipient First prize, International Watercolor Exhibition The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1921. 1st and 3d prizes Century of Progress poster competition The Art Institute of Chicago Chgo, 1938, Art Dirs. Club medal in Annual Exhibition of Advertising Art, 1936, award for Distinctive Merit, same exhibition, 1936-1937, award of merit Chicago Society Typographic Art, 1936, 37, Margaret Cooper prize Annual Exhibition Allied Artists of America, New York, 1949, Popular Vote prize, Exhibition Artists along the Mississippi, Davenport, Iowa, 1050.Recipient First prize, International Watercolor Exhibition The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1921. 1st and 3d prizes Century of Progress poster competition The Art Institute of Chicago Chgo, 1938, Art Dirs. Club medal in Annual Exhibition of Advertising Art, 1936, award for Distinctive Merit, same exhibition, 1936-1937, award of merit Chicago Society Typographic Art, 1936, 37, Margaret Cooper prize Annual Exhibition Allied Artists of America, New York, 1949, Popular Vote prize, Exhibition Artists along the Mississippi, Davenport, Iowa, 1050.