biography of Earl GROSS (1899-1983)

Birth place: Pittsburgh, PA

Addresses: NYC; Northbrook, IL

Profession: Painter, illustrator, writer, critic, lecturer

Studied: Westminster College; Carnegie-Mellon Univ.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1937; NYWCC, 1939; Wash. WCC, 1939; AIC, 1940, 1949 (both solo); Mac Beth Ga., NYC, 1941, 42; Assoc. Am. Artists, 1946; Wustum MA; Springfield AA; AIC, 1950; Paintings of Past Decade, MMA, 1952; Butler IA, 1952 (solo, prize); AWCS, New York, 1958; first prize, Parkersburg FAC; second prize, Denver (CO) Mus.; Chicago Art Gld., 1942 (prize), 1944 (prize), 1950 (prize), 1952 (prize); second prize, Cosmopolitan Magazine Competition; Oehlschlaeger Gals., Chicago, 1970s; Frank Oehlschlaeger Gal., Sarasota, FL, 1970s.

Member: AWCS; Phila. WCS; NYWCC; Wash. WCS; Madison AA; All-Illinois Soc. FA; Arts Club Chicago; Artist Guild Chicago.

Work: New Britain Mus. Am. Art; Atlanta (GA) Art Inst.; Reading (PA) Mus.; Illinois State Mus.; Wustum Mus., Racine, WI. Commissions: official combat artist, U.S. Air Force, Far East.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors, oils. Positions: pres., Stevens-Gross Studios, Chicago, 1926-62. Publications: author, The Watercolor Series," 1947, "Illustrators Page," 1951, "Robert Addison," 1958 & "Polymer Colors in Depth," 1967, Am. Artist Magazine. Teaching: professor painting, Longboat Key (FL) Art Center; professor painting, New Orleans Acad. Art; professor painting, Highland Park AC; instructor, Chicago Acad. Fine Art; instructor, Am. Acad, Chicago. U.S. Air Force Combat Artists, sent to Formosa, 1958. "