Everett Waid. Oil on board, 24 by 30 inches.
Everett L. Waid was president of the Art Students’ League in New York City. In 1951 he and his wife Marion were charter members of the Fort Myers Beach Art Association. The New York Times, June 29, 1976, carried Waid’s obituary, “Everett Leslie Waid, president of the Art Students League, 215 West 57th Street, from 1946 until his retirement in 1953, died last Tuesday in his home in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. His age was 76. Mr. Waid studied at the league in 1921 after working as a commercial artist. He served as the league’s vice president from 1937 to 1939, again in 1944, and became its treasurer in 1945. During his presidency, the student enrollment increased from about 1,000 to 4,000. Mr. Waid continued his art studies here and abroad as well as with the league and in World War II served in the Army as a specialist in camouflage. He worked in both traditional and contemporary art and maintained his studio in Fort Myers Beach, but came to New York City last year to participate in the observation of the leagues’s 100th anniversary. He was born in Denver and during World War I served in the Navy. Survivors include his wife, the former Marion Symons, and a son, Everett Jr., of Fort Myers Beach.”
Died: Ft. Meyers, June 1976.
Membership: Fort Myers Beach Art Association.
Directory: Listed in the Fort Myers City Directory, 1958, 1959, 1960, as an artist with a studio at 631 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach.
