biografia di Arthur Forbes AMES (1906-1975)

Birth place: Tamaroa, IL

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Claremont, CA

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: San Fran. AI

Exhibited: Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1933, 1936; Public Works of Art Project, 1934; Progressive Painters of Southern California, 1934; Syracuse Ceramic Nat., NY, 1949 (first prize for ferro enamel), 1951,1954, 1957 (first prize for Drakenfield); Brussels World's Fair, Belg.; Mus. Contemp. Crafts; Contemp. Arts Exhib., Univ Ill., 1952 & 1953; Objects, USA, Smithsonian Inst & traveling exhib, 1969. Awards: purchase award for painting, Pasadena Mus.

Work: Mus Contemp Crafts, NYC; San Diego Civic Center; Anaheim Public Lib.; Fremont High School, Los Angeles; Pasadena Mus., Calif.; Calif. State Fair, Sacramento; Harvey Mudd Col., Claremont, Calif.; Wichita Art Assn., Kans. Commissions: WPA project for mosaic mural (Fisher Girls"), Union High School, Newport Harbor, CA, 1937 (collab. with Jean Goodwin); mural, San Diego Civic Center; ceramic mural (with Jean Goodwin), 1956; ceramic mural (with Jean Goodwin), Guarantee Savings & Loan, Fresno, Calif., 1958; tapestries, Garrison Theater, Univ Ctr., Claremont, Calif., 1964; enamel mural, Rose Hills, Whittier, Calif.; enamel door panels, Emanual Temple, Beverly Hills, Calif.; mosaic, Ahmanson Bank, Los Angeles, Calif.; mosaic, Apostle Cath. Church, Westwood, Calif. "

Comments: His career was launched by the Federal Art Project, when he and his fiancee Jean Goodwin (see entry) designed mosaic panels in 1937. They married in 1940 and continued collaborating on murals and public decorations in California. Teaching: Prof design & head dept., Otis Art Inst., Los Angeles, 1954-1971.

Sources: WW73; Hughes, Artists of California, 18.