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Whitney Halstead
Whitney Halstead (1926 - 1979) was an American art historian, and artist.
He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a B.F.A and M.F.A. 
He taught art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.
Halstead was the primary supporter of the work of Joseph Yoakum and has been noted as an influential teacher by many of the Chicago Imagists and painters Barbara Grad, Paul Lamantia and David Sharpe.
of a music note. Hasltead was color blind and the only color he could easily see was yellow.
Halstead was married to blues vocalist Marjorie Whitney Halter, who sang with the King's Jesters. She was born on April 5, 1917. Henry and Marjorie had two children. While they were living in San Bernardino, California, Joan Susan Halstead was born in 1943. Hank Jr. was born on April 8, 1946 while the family was living in Big Bear, California. Marjorie and Henry divorced in the 1960s