Emily Newton Barto

Emily Newton Barto
Emily Barto working on a Federal Art Project mural, October 6, 1937.[1]
Born1896
Patchogue, New York
Died1968
New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationCooper Union Art School, N.Y.; Art Students League of New York, National Academy of Design
Known forIllustrator, writer, painter

Emily Newton Barto (1896–1968) was an American children's book illustrator, writer, craftsperson, writer, and designer.[2] She was known for painting murals at Fordham Hospital in New York City, as a Federal Arts Project participant.[3]

Biography

Emily Barto was born in 1896 in Patchogue, New York (or possibly Greenport). In 1935, as reported in the New York Times, Barto was one of six artists selected by the Municipal Art Commission to paint murals for hospitals.[4]

Her sketchbook is in the collection of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[5]

Works

  • Animal Tales, mural, Fordham Hospital, New York
  • Barton, Emily Newton (1942). The Piper's Son. New York; Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co. OCLC 7584656.
  • Barto, Emily Newton (1940). The Crooked Man. Longmans. OCLC 7584656.

References

  1. ^ "Emily Barto, from the Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection - Image Gallery". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  2. ^ "The Cricket in the Cage Verses By Patrick R. Chalmers Illustrated By Ernest H. Shepard by (Chalmers, Patrick R.), from Certain Books, Westhampton, NY". Bibliopolis. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. ^ "Emily Barto - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Emily P. Newton Barto". Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  4. ^ "WPA Murals Approved: Six Artists to Paint Decorations for Four Hospitals". The New York Times, Social News. Dec 16, 1935. pp. First page, 24. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101285263.
  5. ^ "Summary of the Emily N. Barto sketchbook, 1948 April". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2013-03-29.