[Friends of James Daugherty Foundation - Preserving the art and legacy of James Daugherty James Daugherty Biography James Daugherty (1887-1974) was a distinguished American artist renowned for his many illustrated books, murals, and paintings. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he spent his childhood in Indiana and Ohio. As a youth he studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia,…]