Haley - Duane

Haley, Duane (1892-1959)

Robert Duane Haley was born in Lambertville, New Jersey on January 6, 1892. In his youth he drew and painted what he saw on the railroad in Connecticut from Fairfield and Stratford which included engines and later Indian heads and profiles. Later he used cameras and paintings with oil. He studied at the Art Studio of NY and did studio work in Boston. In 1940, he worked for the WPA Art Project while living in Stratford, Connecticut. Known as a portrait artist, his repertoire included portrait drawings of Enrico Caruso, the Prince of Wales, Miss America 1959, Cardinal Mercier, members of the Rockefeller and Morgan families, as well as Governors Wilber L. Cross and Abraham Ribicoff. Haley died on June 25, 1959 in Trumbull, Connecticut at the age of 67. 

Source: WPA Artist’s Work Card; Obituary, The New York Times, June 26, 1959; Find a Grave.

Works of Art Listed in CT Archives’ database from Duane Haley:

Haley, Duane