Kenneth Evett
American painter, 1913–2005
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- artists
- male
American painter and illustrator, 1876–1952
American illustrator and painter, 1878–1966
American printmaker and painter, 1904–2001
American painter, 1914–1980
Kenneth Evett
BiographyKenneth Evett received his master's degree in painting from Colorado College in 1939 and continued his studies under George Biddle and Henry Varnum Poor at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The artist worked as an easel painter for the Works Progress Administration and received commissions from the Treasury Department to paint murals for post offices in the West. Evett taught at Cornell University from 1948 until his retirement in 1980.
