10 Facts About Arthur Covey

Arthur Sinclair Covey was an American muralist whose paintings depicted industrial workers doing their jobs.

In 1921, Arthur Covey married the artist and children's book writer Lois Lenski.

Arthur Covey's daughter from his first marriage Margaret Arthur Covey Chisholm was a painter and muralist.

Arthur Covey attended Southwestern College and studied for three years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he graduated in 1899.

Arthur Covey later taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

At the age of 16, Arthur Covey participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in Oklahoma on September 16,1893.

Arthur Covey was commissioned in 1936 by the Section to paint a mural in Bridgeport, Connecticut and another in Torrington, Connecticut.

The papers and much of the artwork of Arthur Covey, dating from 1882 to 1960, are stored in a collection at the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1929, Arthur Covey was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1934.

Arthur Covey died in Tarpon Springs, Florida on February 5,1960.