biografia di Roy DE FOREST (1930-2007)

Birth place: North Platte, NE

Addresses: Port Costa, CA

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Yakima Jr Col, 1948-1950; Calif Sch Fine Arts, 1950-1952; San Francisco State Col, BA, MA.

Exhibited: Third Biennial Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1955; Int Exhib Pioneer Galleries, Lausanne Mus Cantonal Beaux Arts, Switz, 1966; West Coast Now, group exhibs at Portland, Ore, San Francisco & Los Angeles, Calif, 1968; 1969 Biennial Painting & Sculpture, Univ Ill, 1969; The Spirit of the Comics, Am Fedn Arts, Philadelphia, 1970-1971; WMAA; Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY, 1970s, plus many other group & solo shows. Awards: Purchase prize, Oakland Art Mus, Bay Printmakers Soc, 1956; Neallie Sullivan award, San Francisco Art Asn, 1964; purchase prize, La Jolla Art Mus, 1965.

Member: San Francisco Art Asn (chmn artists coun, 1964).

Work: San Francisco Mus Art, Calif; Art Inst Chicago, Ill; Oakland Art Mus, Calif; Joslyn Art Mus, Omaha, Neb; Crocker Art Mus, Sacramento, Calif.

Comments: Positions: Dir, Larsen Gallery, Yakima Jr Col, 1958-1960. Teaching: Instr painting & drawing, Calif Col Arts & Crafts, 1963-1965; assoc prof painting & drawing, Univ Calif, Davis, 1965-.

Sources: WW73; Article, In: Art Int, Vol 12; Thomas Allbright, Wildest of Funk Art," San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 6, 1969; Charles Johnson, "The New Symbolism," Sacramento Bee, April, 13, 1969."

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