Rollin Crampton

Place: New Haven

Born: 1886

Death: 1970

Biography:

Rollin Crampton (1886–1970) was an American painter and illustrator known for his geometric abstractions. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he studied at the Art Students League of New York and in Italy. He was a participant in the Maverick Festival (1915–1931) at the Maverick Art Colony in Woodstock, New York. Between 1933 and 1936, he worked on five murals with his sister Marion, serving as her painting assistant while in Mexico. He painted murals alongside Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pablo O'Higgins, Leopoldo Méndez, and other well-known Mexican 'muralista'. His work includes the oil on canvas murals titled Progress of Power in the post office of Lexington, Tennessee, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in 1940. Later in life, he eventually decided not to follow an art career, instead he moved to Woodstock, New York and took his second husband's last name, going by the name Grace Crampton. His work is found in public art collections including the National Gallery of Art, amongst others.