Willard Grayson Smythe was an early contributor to the field of abstract painting, invited to exhibit internationally, and asked to join the New Bauhaus when Moholy-Nagy brought it to Chicago. An art director for Printing Arts Quarterly and World Book Encyclopedia, he went on to Consolidated Book Publishers, the American Peoples Encyclopedia and to teach at the Art Institute of Chicago, in day and evening classes, for 40 years. 27 Chicago Designer member: 1937-1969, Honorary Member 1982

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