Cecil calvert beall biography

C .C. Beall Biography

Cecil Calvert Beall
1892-1970   (there are conflicting dates of his death listed also as 1967.

Beall received tutoring from the Canadian-American painter George Brant Bridgman at the Art Students League in New York City. While there he displayed his artwork and drawings at exhibits of the Society of Illustrators. Beall also attended Pratt Institute to learn the art of watercolor painting and poster drawing.

Beall was temporarily an employee of the U. S. War Department. At the same time, he was also a correspondent-artist for several magazines, including Collier's, and painted portraits of decorated war heroes. Beall was an eyewitness to the 1945 official Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri. He painted General MacArthur at the event; his work later became the official portrait.

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Cecil Calvert Beall

Male15 October 1892–4 May 1970 •

When Cecil Calvert Beall was born on 15 October 1892, in Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States, his father, Charles Wakely Beall, was 29 and his mother, Eugenia Belle Nowlin, was 24. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Mildred Muriel Hall. He lived in Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States in 1935 and Mamaroneck Town, Westchester, New York, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 4 May 1970, in Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 77.

C. C. Beall

American illustrator and painter

Cecil Calvert Beall

C. C. Beall poster for the Seventh War Loan Drive (May 14 – June 30, 1945)

Born

Cecil Calvert Beall


October 15, 1892

Saratoga, Wyoming, United States

DiedMay 4, 1970 (age 77)

Tampa, Florida, United States

NationalityAmerican
StyleCommercial illustrator, portrait artist
SpouseMildred Muriel Hall

Cecil Calvert Beall (1892–1970) was an American commercial illustrator and portrait painter. He did watercolor art and drawings for magazines and comic books. Beall designed posters for the United States government for war loan drives during World War II.

Early life

Beall was born on October 15, 1892, in Saratoga, Wyoming, with the given names Cecil Calvert.[1] His parents were Charles W. Beall and Eugenia N. Beall.[2] He had a brother who was a year older, Roger.

Education

Beall received tutoring from the Canadian–American painter George Brant Bridgman at the Art Students League in New York City. While there he displayed his artwork and

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