Bellin - Milton R

Bellin, Milton Rockwell (1913-1997)

Milton Rockwell Bellin was born in New Haven, Connecticut on June 6, 1913. He attended the Yale School of Fine Arts and received his BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS in 1936. Bellin assisted James Daugherty with murals for the Stamford Housing Project and acknowledged Daugherty’s influence on his style. Bellin painted seven murals at Central Connecticut State University for the WPA Federal Arts Project, and he completed 62 easel paintings, the majority of which were in water color. His works were allocated to the Nathan Hale School in New Britain, the Mystic Oral School, Central Connecticut State University, Norwich and Fairfield State Hospitals, and the Board of Education in Milford. Bellin later served as the Principal of the High School of Art and Design in New York City. He died there on October 7, 1997.

Sources: WPA Artist’s Work Card; WPA Biography; AskART; E-Mail of Mamed to Mark Jones with attachments, 7/30/08; Obituary, New York Times, November 5, 1997; Standalone Picture, Hartford Courant, April 17, 1938; Neal Broverman, “At CCSU, Milton Bellin’s Depression Era Art,” Hartford Courant, 3/23/2000.

Works of Art Listed in CT Archives’ database from Milton Bellin:

Bellin, Milton R.