Creator Record
Metadata
Name (Artist/Photographer/Author) |
Comfort, Thomas Tyrone |
Role |
Artist |
Dates of birth and death |
Born in Port Huron, MI on November 4, 1909. Died in 1939 aged 30. |
Nationality |
American |
Places of residence |
He worked on murals for the WPA in Southern California including the Los Angeles Public Library and for the State Board of Business Education in San Diego. |
Titles & Honors |
Comfort's 1934 painting, "Gold Is Where You Find It", a powerful statement about the working conditions of California's miners, was selected to hang in the White House by President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wished to demonstrate the importance of art in a democratc society. |
Relationships |
By the late 1920s Comfort had settled in Los Angeles where he was a pupil of Walter B. Currier and Leo Katz. |
