About Emily Newton Barto
Lived 1896 – 1968 (aged 71–72). Emily Newton Barto was an American painter.
Emily Newton Barto (1896–1968) was an American children's book illustrator, writer, craftsperson, writer, and designer. She was known for painting murals at Fordham Hospital in New York City, as a Federal Arts Project participant.
Biography Emily Barto was born in 1896 in Patchogue, New York (or possibly Greenport). In 1935, as reported in the New York Times, Barto was one of six artists selected by the Municipal Art Commission to paint murals for hospitals.
Her sketchbook is in the collection of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
Works Animal Tales, mural, Fordham Hospital, New York
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painter, illustrator, writer, craftsperson, art teacher (1896–1968)
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Emily Newton Barto was born in 1896 in Patchogue.
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Emily Newton Barto died in 1968 in New York City.
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Emily Newton Barto was a painter.
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