He moved to Rome to sculpt because the award paid for two years of living expenses to create art in Italy. He won the British Prix de Rome for sculpture. Garth went on to study painting, sculpture, theatrical design, and advertising. He figured since his parents had done it for a living, he could do it too. However, architects did not have a great future at that time and he decided to become an artist. He stayed there through college and during this time he apprenticed at an architecture firm as he aspired to become an architect. His parents thought he would get the best education there. Garth got to travel often as he had relatives in the United States ,United Kingdom and France.Īt the age of 6, during World War I, his family moved to Canada because they thought it would be safer.Īt the age of ten he was sent to England to go to school. His family settled in the farmland of Caldwell, New Jersey. His father watched toddler Garth draw a tree on a steam-covered window and knew he would be an artist some day. His parents were both full-time artists and Garth grew up thinking that everybody had jobs painting or drawing. His parents were so shocked that they did not register his birth until the next day. Garth Williams was born an only child in New York City on April 15th, 1912.
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