| LC control no. | n 98071301 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Duncan, Walter Jack, 1881-1941 |
| Variant(s) | Duncan, W. J., 1881-1941 |
| Biography/History note | Walter Jack Duncan (b. January 1, 1881, Indianapolis, Indiana-d. April 11, 1941, New York City), artist and illustrator, served with the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. |
| Place of birth | Indianapolis (Ind.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Art Illustration |
| Affiliation | Century magazine Scribner's magazine Harper's magazine United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Illustrators |
| Found in | His First aid to pictorial composition, 1939: t.p. (Walter Jack Duncan) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Duncan, Walter Jack, 1881- ) Morley, C. Christopher Morley's New York, c1988: t.p. (Walter Jack Duncan) Biog. & geneal. master index, July 14, 2004 (Duncan, Walter Jack (1881-1941)) Walter Jack Duncan Web site, July 14, 2004 (Walter Jack Duncan (1881-1941); b. Philadelphia, Pa.) Portrait of Captain Walter J. Duncan, circa 1917. <https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12014031?q=Walter%20Duncan> Newly Arrived Soldiers Debarking at Brest ... drawing by Capt. W. J. Duncan, undated. <http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/files/2014/12/31080-Newly-Arrived-Soldiers-Debarking-at-Brest.jpg> WwWA, v. 1: (Walter Jack Duncan; artist; b. Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan. 1, 1881; d. Apr. 11, 1941; began with Century Magazine, 1903; pupil of John Twatchman; connected with Scribner's and McClure's; worked for Harper's, 1912-1913; illustrated books by Booth Tarkington, Robert C. Holliday, Christopher Morley, etc.; commissioned captain in the Engineers Corps, U.S. Army; appointed artist, American Expeditionary Force ... served in France, marking drawings and sketches for Official Records of the War; instructor, Art Students' League, New York, 1925-; author) New York Times via ProQuest.com search, Jan. 12, 2015: obituary, Apr. 12, 1941 (Walter Jack Duncan, artist, 60, is dead; died yesterday at Columbus Hospital; born in Indianapolis; studied at the Art Students League; magazine and book illustrator, served as an instructor at the Art Students League; with Army in world war; appointed by government to serve with the A. E. F.) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 88168176 |
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