biografia di Robert Pierce EAGERTON (1940)

Birth place: Florence, SC

Addresses: Indianapolis, IN

Profession: Printmaker, painter

Studied: Atlanta Sch Art, BFA; Acad Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria; Cranbrook Acad Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Exhibited: Drawings USA, Saint Paul Art Ctr, 1966; New Talent in Printmaking, Assoc Am Artist Gallery, New York, 1969; Biennale Int l'Estampe, Paris, France, 1970; Contemporary American Prints, Krannert Mus, Univ Ill, 1971; Lithographs de la Collection Mourlot, P R, 1971; Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY, 1970s. Awards: Southeastern Arts grant, Atlanta Arts Comn, 1965; first prize, 59th Ann Ind Print Exhib, Indianapolis Mus, 1968; res grant, Ind Univ, 1970.

Work: Nat Collection Fine Art, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC; Art Inst Chicago Mus; Lessing J Rosenwald Collection, Jenkins Town, Pa; Sheldon Swope Gallery Art; Mus Graphic Art, New York, NY. Commissions: Portfolio of six lithographs, NABIS Fine Arts, New York, 1972.

Comments: Positions: Co-founder, Transfigurations Press, Sarasota, Fla, 1964-1966. Teaching: Assoc prof lithography, Herron Sch Art, Ind Univ-Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, 1966-, head dept printmaking, 1969-, chmn dept fine arts, 1970-; guest artist printmaking, Univ Ill, Champaign, 1970; vis prof printmaking, Tyler Sch Art, summer 1972.