Arthur L Guptill, who was the co-founder of Watson-Guptill Publications and co-editor of American Artist magazine, was an architect, a painter, an art director, an author, and a teacher. Born in Gotham, ME, he graduated in architecture from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1912 and then studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A partner in Bearse & Guptill, architectural designers and illustrators from 1919 to 1925, Mr. Guptill was a free-lance specialist in design, free-lance advertising artist, and advertising agency consultant from 1916 to 1937. He also was former art director for Gourmet, a magazine. Mr. Guptill was the founder, president and director of activities of the Amateur Artists Association of America. He wrote numerous books, including Watercolor Painting Step-by-Step. He taught at Pratt and the Brooklyn Museum and was a member of the Art Directors Club of New York and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England.

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