biography of Albert URBAN (1909-1959)

Birth place: Frankfurt, Germany

Death place: NYC

Addresses: New York 11, NY

Profession: Painter, sculptor, screenprinter, teacher

Studied: Kunstschule, Frankfurt, with Max Beckmann, Willi Baumeister.

Exhibited: Frankfurt, Germany, 1931 (prize); Phila. Pr. Club, 1942; PAFA Ann., 1944-45, 1947-48; Phila. Art All., 1946; Swarthmore College, 1942; Carnegie Inst., 1945-58; NGA, 1947; LOC, 1945 (prize); de Young Mem. Mus., 1945 (solo); AIC, 1944; Univ. Illinois, 1950-58; Albright Art Gal., 1948; WMAA, 1944-47; NAD, 1944-47; NYPL, 1945; WAC, 1947; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1957, 1959; other Corcoran Gal. exhs., 1944-47; Univ. Colorado, 1956-58.

Work: MMA; BMFA; AGAA; BM: NGA.

Comments: Position: head, Urban Prints, NYC.

Sources: WW59; Falk, Exh. Record Series.