biografia di Emerson WOELFFER (1914-2003)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Chicago; Los Angeles

Profession: Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, lecturer

Studied: AIC; Inst Design, Chicago (B.A. & hon. D.F.A.)

Exhibited: Int. WC Ann., 1936; Int. Lith.; Wood Eng. Ann., 1937-38; PS Ann., 1937, 1938; Artists Chicago Vicinity Ann., 1936-39; AIC; WMAA; PS Ann., PAFA Ann., 1939, 1952-54, 1968 (prize); Corcoran Gal biennial, 1941; Gallery 1916, Graz, Austria, 1965; solos: Santa Barbara Mus., CA, 1964 , David Stuart Gal, Los Angeles, 1965 & 1969, Quay Gal, San Francisco, 1968; Jodi Scully Gal, Los Angeles, 1972; California Inst. Arts Invitational, 1972. Awards: Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, France, Italy, Spain & England, 1967-68; purchase award, All City Art Festival, 1968.

Member: Un. Am. Artists

Work: AIC; WMAA; MoMA; Univ. Illinois

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics. Positions: topography draftsman, USAAF, 1939-40; artist-in-residence, Honolulu Acad. Arts, Hawaii, 1970. Teaching: School Design, Chicago, 1942; Black Mountain College, 1949; Colorado Springs FAC, 1950; Chouinard Art Inst., 1959; Univ. Southern California, summer 1962. Collection: African, New Guinea & pre-Columbia works; surrealist paintings.

Sources: WW73; WW40; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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