Garada Riley

Artist Details

• First Name Garada
• Middle Name May
• Maiden Name Clark
• Surname Riley
• Spouse’s Full Name Frank H. Riley (St. Joseph, Missouri 1894-?); met as art students; he worked mostly as a commercial artist
• Birth Date April 22, 1893
• Birth Place Chicago, Illinois
• Death Date June 22, 1991
• Death Place Highland Park, Illinois
• Residence(s) 1940 census: 2 Beechtree Lane, Eastchester, New York  “Grenda C. Riley”
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Studio Location(s) 1921: Wrigley Building, Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Illustrator, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training 1912-1916: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; student of Louis Ritman
  Paris, France: Student of Fernand Leger and Andre L’Hote
  sketched in Europe under Dudley Crafts Watson
  
• Exhibitions History January 30-March 1, 1936: Fortieth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Still Life s
  
  1948: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
• Collections Peoria Riverfront Museum
• Awards 1921: Second prize, for the Sunburst Catalog Cover Paper cover contest
• Other Occupation(s) instructor Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  children’s book illustrator
  
  commercial advertising