Donald Teague

American painter and illustrator

Donald Teague
Born	1897 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died	December 13, 1991 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Art Students League of New York
Occupation(s)	Painter, illustrator
Spouse	Verna Teague
Children	2 daughters

Donald Teague (1897 - December 13, 1991) was an American magazine illustrator and watercolorist. He illustrated many magazines, and he painted in the art colony of Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Life

Teague was born in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York.^[1]^[2] He was trained at the Art Students League of New York.^[1]^[2]

Teague was a magazine illustrator throughout the 1920s and 1930s,^[3] initially for the Saturday Evening Post in New York City, and for Collier's in California by 1938.^[1] Teague was also an illustrator for McCall's and Woman's Home Companion.^[3]

Teague subsequently joined the art colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he painted for four decades.^[3] By the time of his death, he had become known as "the dean of American watercolorists" according to The Los Angeles Times.^[3]

With his wife Verna, Teague had two daughters.^[3] He died on December 13, 1991, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, at age 94.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Crawford Watson, Lisa (2015). Legendary Locals of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 9781439651179. OCLC 942846465.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mr. Donald Teague, 94, watercolorist". The Atlanta Constitution. December 15, 1991. p. H12. Retrieved July 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Oliver, Myrna (December 15, 1991). "Donald Teague; Dean of U.S. Watercolorists". The Los Angeles Times. p. A54. Retrieved July 4, 2020.