18 Facts About Roger Crossgrove

Roger Lynn Crossgrove was an American artist and educator who served as Professor of Art at the Pratt Institute and the University of Connecticut for a total of 35 years.

Roger Crossgrove was best known for his monotype watercolors and photographs of the male nude.

Roger Crossgrove's father was a farmer, and his mother was a self-taught artist.

Roger Crossgrove was deployed to the 73rd Field Hospital on Leyte in the Philippines, serving from 1942 to 1946.

Roger Crossgrove attained the rank of staff sergeant and received the Philippines Liberation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

Roger Crossgrove received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1949 and his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1951 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Roger Crossgrove was a resident fellow at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York, for several years beginning in 1957.

From 1953 to 1967, Roger Crossgrove taught at the Pratt Institute's Art School and the Department of Graphic Art and Illustration in Brooklyn.

In 1968, Roger Crossgrove moved to Storrs, Connecticut, to teach at the University of Connecticut, where he chaired the art department until he retired in 1988.

Roger Crossgrove was a longtime supporter of the Northeast Children's Literature Collection.

Roger Crossgrove lived and painted for two years in Mexico, in 1950 and 1965.

Roger Crossgrove spent more than fifty years painting watercolor monotypes, three of which were featured in the Smithsonian Institution's New American Monotypes traveling exhibit, which toured the US in 1978.

Roger Crossgrove exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Artworks Gallery in Hartford, the William Benton Museum of Art, and the Slater Memorial Museum.

Roger Crossgrove won an Emily Lowe Award, a National Arts Club Gold Medal, and awards from the American Water Color Society, the Butler Institute of American Art, and Audubon Artists.

Roger Crossgrove was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Connecticut Water Color Society.

Roger Crossgrove was deeply involved in the cultural life of Hartford and northeastern Connecticut, organizing regional exhibits and studio tours.

In 2013, Roger Crossgrove donated his papers to the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.

Roger Crossgrove died on December 14,2016, at the age of 95 in Storrs, Connecticut.