Occupation: Painter, Sculptor Media: Acrylic, Oil, Metal Welded, Wood. Born Chicago, Ill, May 31, 1925.
Education Sch Art Institute of Chicago, BAE, 49, MAE, 57. Fulbright Grant, Ger, 53-54.
Teaching Positions Prof drawing & painting, Art Institute of Chicago, 52-2006; lectr painting, Northwestern Univ, Chicago & Evanston, 58-71; professor emeritus, SAIC.
Public Works Main Bank, Chicago; Elmhurst Coll, Ill; Art Institute of Chicago; Ill State Mus, Springfield.
Exhibitions Groups exhibs, Chicago & Vicinity Exhib, 12 times, 50-81 & Contemporary Drawings from 12 Countries, 52, Art Institute of Chicago; 27th Biennial Exhibition Contemporary Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 61; Visions-Painting & Sculpture: Distinguished Alumni 1945 to Present, Art Institute of Chicago, 76; Two-person exhib, Art Institute of Chicago, 79; Chicago: Some Other Traditions, Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, 83; Artists Choose Artists, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 83; Solo exhibs, NAME Gallery, 85 & Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, 86 & 88; Int art expn, Navy Pier, Chicago, 86; Fac sabbatical exhib, Art Institute of Chicago, 87; Quad City Arts Exhib, Art Works S/R Gallery, Rock Island, Ill, 91-92; America Prints 1900-1960, Art Institute of Chicago, 92; America Prints 1900-1960, Exhib, Art Institute of Chicago, Print & Drawing Department; The New England Fine Art Inst Nat Exhib America Contemporary Art, Boston, 93; Union League Civic & Arts Found Auction, Chicago, 93; 55th Annual Exhibition, featuring work by 55 artists, 1939 to the present, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ill, 94; Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center Benefit Auction, Chicago, 94-96, & 98; Ox-Box Benefit Auction, Sch Art Institute of Chicago, 94-97; Lake Forest Art Expo, W Lake Forest Train Station, Ill, 96; Don Baum Says: Chicago Has Famous Artists Exhib, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 96; Wellness House Gala Art Auction, Hinsdale, Ill, 96; Altered Object, Hyde Park Art Center Benefit Auction, 99; Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center Benefit Auction, 2000 & 2002; The Big Picture Show: Size Does Matter, Betty Rymer Gallery, Sch Art Inst, Chicago, 2003; Art Chicago 11th Ann Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill, 2003; Evanston Art Center Benefit Auction, 2006; two-person exhibs, Betty Rymer Gallery Sch Art Inst, Chicago, 2006 & Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, 2008; Hyde Park Art Center Benefit Auction, 2007; Big Picture: A New View of Painting in Chicago, Chicago Hist Mus, 2007-2008.
Bibliography Meilach & Seiden (author), Direct Metal Sculpture, Crown, 66; Meilach & Hinz (author), How to Create Your Own Designs, Doubleday, 75; Ivy Sundell (author), Art Scene, 2000; and others.
Honors and Awards Pauline Palmer Prize, 60 & Jule F Brower Prize, 69, Art Institute of Chicago.
Memberships Hellenic Mus & Cultural Center.
Dealers Corbett vs Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects 1120 N Ashland Ave 3d Floor Chicago IL 60622.
