Ben Earl LOONEY^[1]

1904 - 1981  (76 years)

• Name	Ben Earl LOONEY
  Birth	2 Jun 1904	Yellow Pine Community, near Sibley, Webster Parish, Louisiana near Sibley, Webster Parish-Louisiana, USA- near Sibley, Webster Parish, Louisiana near Sibley, Webster Parish, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Ben Earl Looney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Ben Earl Looney Looney photo (Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Born June 2, 1904 Yellow Pine Community near Sibley, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA Died May 25, 1981 (aged 76) Lafayette, Louisiana Resting place Body donated to medical science Residence Various locations, including: Minden, Louisiana Sarasota, Florida New York City Bremerton, Washington Greensboro, North Carolina Lafayette, Louisiana Alma mater Minden High School Louisiana State University Centenary College of Louisiana Corcoran College of Art and Design Occupation Artist; Author Spouse(s) Never married Parent(s) Julian A. and Mollie McKinney Looney Ben Earl Looney (June 2, 1904 – May 25, 1981)[1] was a Louisiana artist and author known for his Water Colors of Dixie and Cajun Country, pen and ink sketches of Acadiana. Contents  [hide]  1 Background 2 Art career 3 Death and family 4 References Background[edit] Looney was born in the Yellow Pine community, located south of Sibley, Louisiana, to Julian A. Looney (1871–1958) and the former Mollie McKinney (1872–1932).[2] The community was so named because the original buildings were all constructed in yellow pine timber. Julian and Mollie Looney shared a July 17 birthday but one year apart. Ben Earl Looney graduated in 1923 from Minden High School in Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish, where he was known as "Earl". His artistic talent was already apparent, as he was the art editor of the yearbook staff. One of his classmates was Leland G. Mims, a 1921 graduate who was later a small businessman in Minden and a veteran member and president of the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council. Looney thereafter attended the Louisiana State University School of Journalism in Baton Rouge, Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport, the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., and the Summer School of Arts in Eastport, Maine. He studied watercolor under George Ennis. Art career[edit] Looney launched his art career in his studio in Minden. In 1935, he moved to Baton Rouge to become the first head of the LSU art department. Over the years, he taught art in Sarasota, Florida, in a school-museum financed by the John Ringling circus family. There Looney taught Frank T. Norman, the mayor of Minden from 1958 to 1966, who became the first student to register at the new Ringling School of Art.[3] Looney taught painting in New York City for nine years. He also taught art in Weston, Massachusetts; Bremerton, Washington; and Greensboro, North Carolina. He spent his last years in Lafayette, Louisiana, the showcase for his Cajun works. Looney derived subject matter from forty-five of the fifty states plus Canada and Mexico. Ford Times, an in-house organ of the Ford Motor Company, published some forty-five of his paintings and articles. Another Looney painting is in the magazine of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Though Looney's published work was watercolor, most of his artistic talent was applied to oil or acrylic and is in private family collections. One of his popular oil paintings is Downtown Baton Rouge, 1920. Looney painted many plantation houses in Louisiana between 1940 and 1970 He painted large oil murals for various dignitaries and clients, including the Ford Motor Company. Other works included the following: Beau Sejour, watercolors of Louisiana plantation houses; Drawings of the Vieux Carre, about New Orleans and the French Quarter, with captions in English and French; Cajun Vignettes, short stories and poems; Looney Plants Grow Wild, paintings and satirical horticultural definitions. His work has been displayed in such places as the LBJ Ranch and the Smithsonian Institution.[4] Death and family[edit] Looney died in a Lafayette hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease.[1] He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Julian L. Looney (1894–1958), and a brother-in-law, Robert D. Moseley (1894–1972). His father and brother died the same year. Survivors included two sisters, Eula Looney Moseley (1896–1986), the widow of Robert Moseley, and Lucille Looney Miller (1898–1994), wife of Ray Winn Miller, Sr. (1899–1981). Looney died two months before the passing of brother-in-law Ray Miller. All the Looneys are interred at the Minden Cemetery except for Ben Looney himself, who donated his remains to the LSU School of Medicine. Looney never married.[1] References[edit] 1 ^ Jump up to: a b c "Noted Minden native dies", Minden Press-Herald, May 29, 1981, p. 1 2 Jump up ^ Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, The Minden Cemetery: A Pleasant Resting Place, June 2004, p. 65 3 Jump up ^ Ringling Day – TIME 4 Jump up ^ "Sibley native pens unusual book: His plants are 'Looney'", Minden Press-Herald, November 30, 1978, p. 1 "Ben Earl Looney", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. I (1988), p. 522 Looney obituary, Lafayette Daily Advertiser, May 27, 1981  [1]
  HIST	Ben Earl Looney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Ben Earl Looney Looney photo (Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Born June 2, 1904 Yellow Pine Community near Sibley, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA Died May 25, 1981 (aged 76) Lafayette, Louisiana Resting place Body donated to medical science Residence Various locations, including: Minden, Louisiana Sarasota, Florida New York City Bremerton, Washington Greensboro, North Carolina Lafayette, Louisiana Alma mater Minden High School Louisiana State University Centenary College of Louisiana Corcoran College of Art and Design Occupation Artist; Author Spouse(s) Never married Parent(s) Julian A. and Mollie McKinney Looney Ben Earl Looney (June 2, 1904 – May 25, 1981)[1] was a Louisiana artist and author known for his Water Colors of Dixie and Cajun Country, pen and ink sketches of Acadiana. Contents  [hide]  1 Background 2 Art career 3 Death and family 4 References Background[edit] Looney was born in the Yellow Pine community, located south of Sibley, Louisiana, to Julian A. Looney (1871–1958) and the former Mollie McKinney (1872–1932).[2] The community was so named because the original buildings were all constructed in yellow pine timber. Julian and Mollie Looney shared a July 17 birthday but one year apart. Ben Earl Looney graduated in 1923 from Minden High School in Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish, where he was known as "Earl". His artistic talent was already apparent, as he was the art editor of the yearbook staff. One of his classmates was Leland G. Mims, a 1921 graduate who was later a small businessman in Minden and a veteran member and president of the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council. Looney thereafter attended the Louisiana State University School of Journalism in Baton Rouge, Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport, the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., and the Summer School of Arts in Eastport, Maine. He studied watercolor under George Ennis. Art career[edit] Looney launched his art career in his studio in Minden. In 1935, he moved to Baton Rouge to become the first head of the LSU art department. Over the years, he taught art in Sarasota, Florida, in a school-museum financed by the John Ringling circus family. There Looney taught Frank T. Norman, the mayor of Minden from 1958 to 1966, who became the first student to register at the new Ringling School of Art.[3] Looney taught painting in New York City for nine years. He also taught art in Weston, Massachusetts; Bremerton, Washington; and Greensboro, North Carolina. He spent his last years in Lafayette, Louisiana, the showcase for his Cajun works. Looney derived subject matter from forty-five of the fifty states plus Canada and Mexico. Ford Times, an in-house organ of the Ford Motor Company, published some forty-five of his paintings and articles. Another Looney painting is in the magazine of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Though Looney's published work was watercolor, most of his artistic talent was applied to oil or acrylic and is in private family collections. One of his popular oil paintings is Downtown Baton Rouge, 1920. Looney painted many plantation houses in Louisiana between 1940 and 1970 He painted large oil murals for various dignitaries and clients, including the Ford Motor Company. Other works included the following: Beau Sejour, watercolors of Louisiana plantation houses; Drawings of the Vieux Carre, about New Orleans and the French Quarter, with captions in English and French; Cajun Vignettes, short stories and poems; Looney Plants Grow Wild, paintings and satirical horticultural definitions. His work has been displayed in such places as the LBJ Ranch and the Smithsonian Institution.[4] Death and family[edit] Looney died in a Lafayette hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease.[1] He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Julian L. Looney (1894–1958), and a brother-in-law, Robert D. Moseley (1894–1972). His father and brother died the same year. Survivors included two sisters, Eula Looney Moseley (1896–1986), the widow of Robert Moseley, and Lucille Looney Miller (1898–1994), wife of Ray Winn Miller, Sr. (1899–1981). Looney died two months before the passing of brother-in-law Ray Miller. All the Looneys are interred at the Minden Cemetery except for Ben Looney himself, who donated his remains to the LSU School of Medicine. Looney never married.[1] References[edit] 1 ^ Jump up to: a b c "Noted Minden native dies", Minden Press-Herald, May 29, 1981, p. 1 2 Jump up ^ Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, The Minden Cemetery: A Pleasant Resting Place, June 2004, p. 65 3 Jump up ^ Ringling Day – TIME 4 Jump up ^ "Sibley native pens unusual book: His plants are 'Looney'", Minden Press-Herald, November 30, 1978, p. 1 "Ben Earl Looney", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. I (1988), p. 522 Looney obituary, Lafayette Daily Advertiser, May 27, 1981
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  Death	25 May 1981	Lafayette, Louisiana
  Burial	body donated to medical science   [1]
  Person ID	I307817	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	8 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Julian A. LOONEY   d. 1958
  Mother	Mollie McKINNEY   bur. Minden Cemetery, Minden, Louisiana
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  Family ID	F206264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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