William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York – 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist and muralist. Education He graduated from Iowa State University and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1928, he won the $750 John Quincy Adams scholarship to the Art Institute. Career He worked for the Illinois Works Progress Administration. For the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, he painted a mural at the Flora, Illinois post office, Good News and Bad, in 1937. He painted a second post office mural in Carmi, Illinois titled Service to the Farmer, in 1939. His works are displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, Corcoran gallery of art, Pennsylvania academy of the Fine arts and the Art Institute of Chicago and more References External links http://www.richardnortongallery.com/?loc=artists&id=670 http://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/874/Griffen/William http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/aic/exhibitions/1930/1931.html "Davenport Griffen Has Good Paintings in Current Show", Chicago Daily Tribune, Eleanor Jewett, December 12, 1929 1894 births 1986 deaths Iowa State University alumni People from Millbrook, New York Artists from New York (state) School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni American muralists 20th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American male artists Section of Painting and Sculpture artists