biografia di Clair Lange PACKER (1901-1978)

Birth place: Gueda Springs, KS

Addresses: San Antonio, TX; Tulsa, OK

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Univ. New Mexico, Taos, with Millard Sheets & Barse Miller; J. Imhof; K. Adams; Harry Anthony De Young, San Antonio; Paul Barr, Grand Forks, ND

Exhibited: Philbrook Mus., Tulsa; Houston Mus. FA, 1939; Gilcrease Mus., Tulsa; Elizabet Ney Mus., Austin, TX; Dallas (TX) Mus. Awards: hon. men. for watercolor, Houston Mus.; purchase prize for watercolor, Gilcrease Mus., Fourth Nat. Bank, Tulsa.

Member: Texas FAA; SSAL.

Work: Gilcrease Mus., Tulsa, OK; Davis Gal., Tulsa; Alley Gal., Houston, TX; Glasser Gal., San Antonio; Seven Rays Gal., Taos.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors, oils, inks, crayons. Positions: artist, San Antonio Express, 1946-48; instr. art, Littlehouse Gal., San Antonio, 1947-48; artist, Tulsa World, 1948-65; cartoonist: The Valley Morning Star. Publications: auth./illustr., articles, Western Publ.; auth./illustr., articles, Tulsa World Sunday Magazine; auth./illustr., articles, Tulsa World Ranch & Farm World; auth., articles, Lapidary Journal; auth., articles, Gun Report. Teaching: private classes, San Antonio & Tulsa. Art interests: action sketches of rodeo contestants; landscapes, Indians, cowboys & marines.

Sources: WW73; WW47.