Jewett Campbell
{{Short description|American painter, teacher (1912–1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jewett Campbell
| birth_name = Benjamin Jewitt Campbell
| birth_date = August 10, 1912
| birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|07|25|1912|08|10}}
| death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| burial_place = Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| education = Art Students League of New York, Cooper Union
| occupation = Painter, educator
| spouse = Jeanne Begien (1944–1999; his death)
| children = 1
| awards = Virginia Governor's Award (1985)
}}
Jewett Campbell (né Benjamin Jewitt Campbell; 1912–1999) was an American painter, and teacher, from Richmond, Virginia.{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1999 |title=Obituary for B. Jewett Campbell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-obituary-for-b/168252312/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=10 |via=Newspapers.com}} He taught painting and printmaking for 40 years at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU, formerly known as Richmond Professional Institute).{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1984 |title=Honoring the teacher and his art |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-honoring-the-tea/168252423/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=93 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Biography
Benjamin Jewitt Campbell was born on August 10, 1912, in Hoboken, New Jersey.{{Cite book |last=Falk |first=Peter H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6enD1Vs1WYC |title=Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: A-F |date=1999 |publisher=Sound View Press |isbn=978-0-932087-55-3 |pages=555 |language=en |via=Google Books}} He attended Cooper Union in New York City for night classes; and the Art Students League of New York, where he studied under John Steuart Curry, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Henry Varnum Poor, Hans Hofmann, and Guy Pène du Bois.
Campbell moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1939.{{Cite news |last=Merritt |first=Robert |date=January 13, 1985 |title=Campbell exhibit breath of fresh air |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-campbell-exhibit/171932339/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=148 |via=Newspapers.com}} He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Campbell taught at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (VCU School of the Arts, formerly known as Richmond Professional Institute) for 40 years, as well as at the University of Richmond. His former students include Judith Godwin.{{Cite news |last=Merritt |first=Robert |date=May 28, 1981 |title=Artist Maintains Suffolk Ties |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |via=Newspapers.com}} Campbell retired from VCU in 1984, and the following year he held a retrospective exhibition at the Anderson Gallery at VCU.{{Cite news |last=Merritt |first=Robert |date=January 5, 1985 |title=2 exhibits honor Campbell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-2-exhibits-honor/171932505/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=20 |via=Newspapers.com}}
In 1985, Campbell was awarded the Virginia Governor's Award by Gov. Charles Robb."Governor's Award dinner". The News and Advance. May 12, 1985. pp. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-advance-governors-award-di/171932918/ 52]–[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1012130978/?match=1&clipping_id=171932855 53]. Retrieved May 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
His work is in museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
References
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External links
- [https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/c/campbell_je.htm Jewett Campbell Papers] at Syracuse University
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Category:20th-century American educators
Category:20th-century American male artists
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:Artists from Hoboken, New Jersey
Category:Artists from Richmond, Virginia