Canadian/American, 1881 - 1974
Crisp studied at the Art Students League under Bryson Burroughs and Frank Vincent DuMond in 1918-19. He was exceptionally prolific and varied in the projects he undertook in his primary art form, the mural. A selection from the list of "some" of his murals provided to the Academy includes commissions for the Hall of Music and the Schlitz pavilion at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair; for the Houses of Parliament, Ottawa, and the Bank of Commerce, Toronto; for the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Newark, New Jersey; and for the Puerto Rico Government Office in Rockefeller Center, Roosevelt Hotel, Schrafft's restaurant, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Bellevue Hospital, all in New York. The listing extends to works for public and private high schools, clubs, retail stores, and many private homes.
In December 1948 Crisp was appointed to a three-year term on New York's Fine Arts Commission; a few days later his murals for the Dr. Pepper Plant in Dallas were exhibited at the Architectural League of New York. In 1952 he executed murals in the Ohio state capitol, Columbus, which were commissioned with the support of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fund, administered by the National Academy of Design.
During the 1910s and 1920s, Crisp taught mural painting in New York at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, the Art Students League, the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy. For his work in easel painting he received a Bronze Medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco of 1915 and a Julius Hallgarten Prize in the Academy's annual exhibition of 1916. A regular exhibitor in Academy annuals from 1908 to 1952, he also served as treasurer of the Academy from 1949 to 1954.
In December 1948 Crisp was appointed to a three-year term on New York's Fine Arts Commission; a few days later his murals for the Dr. Pepper Plant in Dallas were exhibited at the Architectural League of New York. In 1952 he executed murals in the Ohio state capitol, Columbus, which were commissioned with the support of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fund, administered by the National Academy of Design.
During the 1910s and 1920s, Crisp taught mural painting in New York at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, the Art Students League, the Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy. For his work in easel painting he received a Bronze Medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco of 1915 and a Julius Hallgarten Prize in the Academy's annual exhibition of 1916. A regular exhibitor in Academy annuals from 1908 to 1952, he also served as treasurer of the Academy from 1949 to 1954.
