A native of Mt. Auburn, Mr. Adam joined the Cincinnati Art Club in 1919, was one of the five members who later incorporated the club and served in various offices, including president from 1965 to 1967.
The first 30 years of Mr. Adam's career were spent primarily in the areas of advertising art and book illustrations, in Cincinnati and in Chicago. He returned to Cincinnati and established a studio in the former garage of his parent's home on Highland avenue. Since 1949 Mr. Adam specialized in Biblical illustrations as commissioned by publishers of such works.
His library of Biblical costumes, implements and other historical data is said to be one of the best in the world.
Mr. Adam was a prime mover in setting up the old communal art studio in the 1920s in the old Studio building on Third street – the same building in which Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President has his offices.
Through the years, Mr. Adam painted a number of portraits, particularly of institutional and business personages.
He was an invited exhibitor at both the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia and the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. In 1925, Mr. Adam was awarded the Chicago Art Institute's August Peabody Prize.
Other museums in which his work was exhibited were the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; St. Louis Art Museum, and Cincinnati Art Museum. He was a guest artist in 1921 and in 1929 of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
In 1921 he won second prize in the Chaloner Paris Scholarship competition of the National Academy of New York City.
Mr. Adam studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy under Wessell, Hopkins, Meakin, Duveneck and Caroline Moore.
The first 30 years of Mr. Adam's career were spent primarily in the areas of advertising art and book illustrations, in Cincinnati and in Chicago. He returned to Cincinnati and established a studio in the former garage of his parent's home on Highland avenue. Since 1949 Mr. Adam specialized in Biblical illustrations as commissioned by publishers of such works.
His library of Biblical costumes, implements and other historical data is said to be one of the best in the world.
Mr. Adam was a prime mover in setting up the old communal art studio in the 1920s in the old Studio building on Third street – the same building in which Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President has his offices.
Through the years, Mr. Adam painted a number of portraits, particularly of institutional and business personages.
He was an invited exhibitor at both the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia and the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. In 1925, Mr. Adam was awarded the Chicago Art Institute's August Peabody Prize.
Other museums in which his work was exhibited were the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; St. Louis Art Museum, and Cincinnati Art Museum. He was a guest artist in 1921 and in 1929 of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
In 1921 he won second prize in the Chaloner Paris Scholarship competition of the National Academy of New York City.
Mr. Adam studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy under Wessell, Hopkins, Meakin, Duveneck and Caroline Moore.
A native of Mt. Auburn, Mr. Adam joined the Cincinnati Art Club in 1919, was one of the five members who later incorporated the club and served in various offices, including president from 1965 to 1967.
The first 30 years of Mr. Adam's career were spent primarily in the areas of advertising art and book illustrations, in Cincinnati and in Chicago. He returned to Cincinnati and established a studio in the former garage of his parent's home on Highland avenue. Since 1949 Mr. Adam specialized in Biblical illustrations as commissioned by publishers of such works.
His library of Biblical costumes, implements and other historical data is said to be one of the best in the world.
Mr. Adam was a prime mover in setting up the old communal art studio in the 1920s in the old Studio building on Third street – the same building in which Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President has his offices.
Through the years, Mr. Adam painted a number of portraits, particularly of institutional and business personages.
He was an invited exhibitor at both the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia and the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. In 1925, Mr. Adam was awarded the Chicago Art Institute's August Peabody Prize.
Other museums in which his work was exhibited were the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; St. Louis Art Museum, and Cincinnati Art Museum. He was a guest artist in 1921 and in 1929 of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
In 1921 he won second prize in the Chaloner Paris Scholarship competition of the National Academy of New York City.
Mr. Adam studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy under Wessell, Hopkins, Meakin, Duveneck and Caroline Moore.
The first 30 years of Mr. Adam's career were spent primarily in the areas of advertising art and book illustrations, in Cincinnati and in Chicago. He returned to Cincinnati and established a studio in the former garage of his parent's home on Highland avenue. Since 1949 Mr. Adam specialized in Biblical illustrations as commissioned by publishers of such works.
His library of Biblical costumes, implements and other historical data is said to be one of the best in the world.
Mr. Adam was a prime mover in setting up the old communal art studio in the 1920s in the old Studio building on Third street – the same building in which Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President has his offices.
Through the years, Mr. Adam painted a number of portraits, particularly of institutional and business personages.
He was an invited exhibitor at both the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia and the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. In 1925, Mr. Adam was awarded the Chicago Art Institute's August Peabody Prize.
Other museums in which his work was exhibited were the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.; St. Louis Art Museum, and Cincinnati Art Museum. He was a guest artist in 1921 and in 1929 of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
In 1921 he won second prize in the Chaloner Paris Scholarship competition of the National Academy of New York City.
Mr. Adam studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy under Wessell, Hopkins, Meakin, Duveneck and Caroline Moore.
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Father: Jacob Adam Mother: Elenora Adam
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