biografia di Edward MELCARTH (1914-1973)

Birth place: Louisville, KY

Addresses: Venice, Italy; NYC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Harvard Col., 1932-36; Acad. Ranson & Atelier 17, Paris; Karl Zerbe.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1945-52, 1960; WMAA; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1947-59 (3 times); AIC; AFA Traveling Exh.; Galleria 88, Rome, Italy & Sculpture House, NYC, 1970s. Awards: Ranger Prize, 1964 & Thomas B. Clarke Award, 1969, NAD; Childe Hassam Purchase Award, Inst. Arts & Letters, 1965.

Member: NAD; Nat. SMP; Arch. Lg.

Work: Wadsworth Atheneum; BMFA; Detroit IA; Univ. Louisville; Bradford, England. Commissions: lobby & auditorium, Rooftop Theatre, NY, 1957; ceiling, Lunt Fontanne Theatre, 1958 & Time Life Bldg., 1958; painting & sculpture, walls & ceiling, Oval Room, Hotel Pierre, NYC & IBM, 1958.

Comments: Illustr. Fortune; Harper's; Life; The Lamp; Town & Country and others. Teaching: Univ. Louisville; Parsons Sch. Design, 1946-48; Columbia Univ., 1948-50; Univ. Washington, 1950-51; ASL, 1965-71.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.