352:. He had spent many summers there and served as President of the Kinney Shores Association. He also exhibited his work at the Old Orchard Art Association where he had been honored with a prize in 1962 and sold his work through local galleries. He died on February 5, 1974, in the National Medical Care center in Portland Maine. He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco, Maine.
236:. For the first 5 years he was Professor of Art, Drawing, and Painting. For the last 10 years he was Head of the Art Department. While at Ogontz, on September 12, 1936, he married Anna F. Feeley with whom he had two children, Ada-Lee and Jaimie. Anna also served on the faculty of Ogontz College. She also was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, was Supervisor of Art in
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Technically, Quirk was an excellent draftsman who worked in a variety of medium and styles. At the time, the art world was in revolution with modern movements such as cubism and abstract art emerging. Quirk experimented in cubism, but largely remained true to a realistic style of portraiture and
150:. He completed his certificate in 1929 and his post graduate work in 1930. Upon graduation, he received the Trustees Post-Graduate Scholarship. During this year he served on the staff of the "Student Designer" in the Art Department. He later continued post-graduate studies in 1941–1942 at the
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Curator of the Collection he made three significant moves. First, he brought order through a comprehensive cataloging of the collection. Second, he created better display spaces and finally he began its expansion through donations from prominent alumni such as Ralph Wilson of the
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Ossabaw Island Foundation who had awarded him a grant in 1968 and a fellowship in 1972.
139:. His parents Edward and Anne (née O’Neil) lived on 30 Waldo Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He was the second of five children, the others being an older brother Edward, a younger brother Henry, younger sister Anna M. and younger sister Helen M.
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in 1946 that later became the 70th painting to enter the collection of the US
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on Long Island. Judges for the competition included impressionist painter
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a painting of Fred Fischer's Place. He also won the Juror's Prize at the
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that allowed him to spend three months at Tiffany's estate at
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Portrait of Edgar Lee Masters in the National Portrait Gallery
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1973, Solo show, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales
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Station, WGPA. He also hosted programs on Philadelphia's
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Annual Exhibition with his painting of Scott Adams III.
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In 1932, Quirk successfully competed for a place at the
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