Walter Augustus Simon

Walter Augustus Simon (1916-1979)

Born in Brooklyn, Simon taught art and art history after serving in WW II from 1941 to 1945. With support from the G.I. Bill, he obtained a BS, MA, and then a doctorate in Art History from NYU (PhD, 1961); he also studied with Hale Woodruff. Simon’s style reflects his art historical interest in modernism. He utilized a tactile and synthetic cubist aesthetic to depict urban surroundings with abstracted forms.

Important Source Material

Simon, Walter Augustus, 1921-1979 Papers. Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Atlanta, Georgia.

Reddick, L.D. “Walter Simon: The Socialization of an American Negro Artist,” Phylon (1940-1956) 15, 4 (1954): 373-392.

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