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| [[File:A T Bondy.jpeg|right|200px|thumb|A. T. Bondy]] | |
| '''Andreas Theodore Bondy''' was an American [[Theosophist]] and expert calligrapher. He typically signed his work "A. Theo. Bondy."
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| == Personal life ==
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| Andreas Theodore Bondy ....
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| He died on [[August 7]], 1966.
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| == Artistic career ==
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| Bondy was employed full-time in the Scriptorium Studio in Chicago, Illinois. For a time, he was associated with the Moulton & Ricketts Art Galleries (which were located in New York and, after 1913, in Chicago, and Milwaukee).
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| He was considered one of the finest Engrosser/Illuminators in the world. During his career he was offered commissions presented to Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Winston Churchill, Haile Selassie, Pope Pius XII and numerous other world dignitaries and politicians.<ref>Gerald Moscato, "Remembering The Past: A Profile of Andreas Theodore Bondy" website or blog posting. Date and URL unknown. ca. 2005-2006.</ref>
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| [[File:Bondy_Three_Objects.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''The Three Objects'']]
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| == Involvement with Theosophical Society ==
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| Co-founder of the Chicago Fellowship Branch chartered on Sept 10, 1939.
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| In July 1943, Bondy completed his greatest work for the Theosophical Society – '''''[[The Three Objects (art work)|The Three Objects.]]''''' He had labored on it for five years.
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| The Society celebrated the fifty years of service of [[Marie Poutz]] at its sixty-first annual convention, and members voted to
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| == Notes ==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Artist|Bondy, A T]
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| [[Category:TS Adyar|Bondy, A T]]
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| [[Category:Nationality American|Bondy, A T]]
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| [[Category:People|Bondy, A T]]]
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