Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946
type Dealer/Gallery
dates 1898-1946
city Cedar Rapids
stateIA
sex M
history Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founder and director of The Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934.

The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's.

decades1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Edward Beatty Rowan papers, 1929-1946. see details...