George Vander Sluis (1915–1984) was an American artist.
Personal life edit
Sluis was born December 18, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] He was married and had three children with his wife, Hildegarde Bristol Vander Sluis, who survived to 2009.[2]
Work edit
Serving in the United States Army in World War II, Vander Sluis was one of the 1,100 members of the Ghost Army, a secret tactical deception unit that was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022. After the war he was a member of the art faculty at Syracuse University for 35 years.[4] Just before his death, Vander Sluis painted a mural on the front of the Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse.[5] He painted a New Deal program mural in the U.S. Post Office at Rifle, Colorado, in 1942, which is described in the listing of the building in the National Register of Historic Places.[6][7] He also designed stamps for the United States Postal Service.[8]
The Akron Art Museum holds a Sluis work titled Decayed Glory.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Information Concerning the Mural above the Postmaster's Door, U.S. Post Office, Rifle, Colorado". Retrieved July 30, 2018
- ^ "Hildegarde Bristol Vander Sluis obituary".
- ^ Lidman, David (May 2, 1971). "Stamps: New-Rate Designs". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ "George Vander Sluis". Ghost Army Legacy Project. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ Phillips, Richard L.; Wright, Donald G. (July 5, 2005). Hendricks Chapel: Seventy-five Years of Service to Syracuse University. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-8156-0827-1. OCLC 58729694.
- ^ "Homage to the Barn" (PDF).
- ^ "George Vander Sluis". David Cook Galleries.
- ^ "Sale 61: The Fall Sale, Lot 1423 E, Airmail, 1971, 9¢ & 11¢ Airmail Issue – Designer George Vander Sluis Portfolio". Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions, Inc. October 20–23, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ "title". Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
External links edit
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