biography of Jonathan David BATCHELOR (1913-2003)

Birth place: Vancouver, WA (at sea)

Addresses: California, from 1921; Canyon, CA, 1949 and on

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Calif. Col. Arts & Crafts; Lukits Art Sch.; Otis Art Inst., MFA.

Exhibited: San Diego Museum, 1932; Oakland Art Gallery, 1945, 1950 (gold med.), 1953 (gold med.); Calif. State Fair, Sacramento, 1946, 1948 (silver med.); CPLH, 1949; De Young Mus., 1952; Jack London Sq., Oakland, 1958.

Member: Calif. Col. Arts & Crafts Alumni Assn. (mem. coun., 1967-1971, v. pres., 1971-1972); Soc. of Western Artists

Work: Oakland Mus., Calif.; St Mary's Art Gallery, Moraga, Calif. Commissions: Requiem, Lakeside Park, Oakland, 1946; St John, St John's Church, El Cerrito, Calif., 1948.

Comments: Preferred media: oil, acrylic, bronze, stone, wood. Teaching: instr. painting, Calif. Col. Arts & Crafts, 1946-1952; instr. painting, Oakland High Sch., 1946-.

Sources: WW73; N. Rourkes & Jose Gutierrez, Painting with acrylics (1966); N. Rourkes, Sculpture in Plastics (Watson-Guptill, 1968); Hughes, Artists in California, 38.