Randolph E Chitwood (1915-2005) [RA 1955-2005]
American graphic designer, painter & writer ;
Randolph Chitwood ; R.E. Chitwood ; R. E. Chitwood ;
[Born June 14, 1915 in Roanoke, VA – died August 29, 2005 in Greenwich, CT of heart failure]

SAL record control number: 65248 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

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Birth: June 14, 1915 in Roanoke, VA ;
Death: August 29, 2005 in Greenwich, CT of heart failure ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ; 
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Father: Joseph Howard Chitwood (?-?), Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of the State of Virginia under President Woodrow Wilson and later as U.S. Attorney for Virginia under President Franklin Roosevelt ;
Mother: Ruth Elizabeth Chitwood (?-?) ;
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Spouse: Betty (Adams) Chitwood (?-?), wife, married 1946 in New York, NY ;
Children: Jenny Chitwood (?-?), daughter ; Betsy Chitwood (?-?), daughter ;

Training: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA ; Art Students’ League of New York, New York, NY under Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951), George Brandt Bridgman (1865-1943), William “Bill” Charles McNulty (1889-1963) and Mahonri MacKintosh Young (1877-1957) ; Grand Central School of Art, New York, NY ; Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA under Henry Hensche (1899-1992) ; Columbia University, New York, NY ;
Instructors: Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951), George Brandt Bridgman (1865-1943), William “Bill” Charles McNulty (1889-1963) and Mahonri MacKintosh Young (1877-1957) ; Henry Hensche (1899-1992) ;
Work: Worked as a graphic designer for 20 years including: freelance art director, illustrator, designer of books and direct mail advertising for publishers and advertising agencies ; Designed and illustrated numerous books for Seabury Press and Teachers Publishing (Macmillan) ; Principal designer and producer for Better Homes and Gardens Book Clubs, Inc. (1968-1977) ; Wrote short stories for magazines and newspapers ; Wrote book on his war experience called Rendezvous in the Coral Sea (1995) ;

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Member: Old Greenwich, Greenwich, CT, member ; Stamford Art Society, Stamford, CT ; Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT, member, former president ; Rocky Point Club, Greenwich, CT ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, resident artist member (1955-2005) ;
Exhibited with: Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA (1958) ; New York, NY ; East Tennessee School of Art, Johnson City, TN ; Keane-Mason Gallery, New York, NY ; Silvermine New England Spring Exhibition, New Canaan, CT ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ;
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Milestones: Served in the Navy for WWII and awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action ;

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