James Penney

© Estate of James Penney. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
James Penney
© Estate of James Penney. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

James Penney

American painter and instructor, 1910–1982
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BiographyBorn in Missouri, Penney graduated from the University of Kansas before moving to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League with George Grosz and John Sloan. Penney painted murals in the 1930s, some under the auspices of the Federal Arts Project. In the 1940s he began teaching, which became his focus. He taught at Hamilton College and the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, among other places.
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