The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

by Jacquelyn Felix Fisher, E.W. Goodman, E. W. Goodman

Book Overview

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh details the often eccentric history of this unforgettable school.

In the early 1920s, a young Pittsburgh artist and designer, Willis Dresdale Shook, recognized the need for a two-year course in commercial art. Within two years, the name changed to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. On October 1, 1921, the Artist's League of Pittsburgh held its first class of nine students in one room of the Fulton...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738565547
• ISBN13: 9780738565545
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"