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Woodbury,
Connecticut
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Arthur
Ludwig-Whittier Wright Scholarship Established Nov. 14, 2001 By the will of Arthur Ludwig, Feb. 23, 2001 Arthur Ludwig and Whittier Wright purchased a weekend home in Woodbury, intending to make this their retirement home. Unfortunately, Whittier Wright passed away before his retirement. They both had illustrious careers in art. Arthur Ludwig was born in Glastonbury, CT. After his military service, he enrolled at the Parsons School of Design and became an illustrator artist. His first position was with the New Yorker Magazine. He finished his career as Vice-President of the Art Department of Suttler and Hennessey Advertising in New York City. In retirement, he did free lance paintings which were sought after. His artistic family included a brother, William, who became a successful sculptor. Whittier Wright was born in Philadelphia. After his military service he attended the Beaux Arts School in Paris. He returned to New York to become a professional photographer for various advertising firms. While the major part of his work was in NYC, he did photography shoots all over the world. Mr. Wright came from a very illustrious family. His grandfather was the first African American quartermaster in the US Army, began an all black college and founded a bank. They had both
attended exhibits at Nonnewaug High School and were
impressed with the quality of the work. This led them
to want to help with the education of some of the
students. A generous bequest was made in the will of
Arthur Ludwig. It carefully delineated that the
preference would be for a student who would pursue a
degree in commercial art at Pratt Institute, Rhode
Island School of Design or Yale University with a goal
of advertising design, industrial design,
architecture, theatre design, photography, painting or
sculpture. |