Thomas Furlong (artist)

Tomás (Tomas) Furlong
Born28 February 1886 (1886-02-28)
St. Louis, Missouri
Died1952 (1953)
Bolton Landing, New York
NationalityScotch-Irish American
EducationArt Students League
Known forPainting, muralist
MovementModern art, realism, impressionism
Patron(s)Oliver Gould Jennings Hyde Collection, Bolton Museum, Weber Furlong Foundation, Studio 98,

Tomás (Tomas) Furlong (1886–1952) was an American artist and teacher.[1][2]

Biography

Furlong was a member of the executive Board of Control of the Art Students League and beginning in 1927 an art instructor at New York University. He was married to Wilhelmina Weber Furlong. In the American modern art movement, his significant circle of friends and acquaintances included John Graham,[3] Wilem de Kooning, David Smith,[3] Dorothy Dehner,[3] Jean Charolot, Alexander Calder, Rockwell and Sally Kent, Thomas Hart Benton, Allen Tucker, Max Weber, Kimon Nicolaides, and many others.[4] Tomás Furlong lived and worked in New York, City and shared a gallery with his wife Wilhelmina Weber Furlong. He was a realist and an accomplished muralist.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The Biography of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong: The Treasured Collection of Golden Heart Farm by Clint Bernard Weber, ISBN 978-0-9851601-0-4
  2. ^ Professor Emeritus James K. Kettlewell: Harvard, Skidmore College, Curator The Hyde Collection. Foreword to The Treasured Collection of Golden Heart Farm. ISBN 978-0-9851601-0-4
  3. ^ a b c Smithsonian Archives of American Art Oral history interviews with Dorothy Dehner, 1965 Oct. – 1966
  4. ^ Smithsonian Archives of American Art Detailed description of the Ben Benn papers, 1905–1993