biography of Alexander SIDERIS (1898-1978)

Birth place: Skopelos, Greece

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: ASL with George Bridgman; Académie Julian, Paris; Pierre Laurence.

Exhibited: Salons of Am.; S. Indp. A., 1924, 1927, 1937-38, 1940, 1942; Oakland A. Gal.; Argent Gal., 1935 (solo); NAD, 1938; WFNY, 1939; Allied Artists Am, 1940-44, 1957; Am Artists Prof League, 1953 (prize); Barbizon Gallery, 1954; Nat Arts Club, 1955, 1961 (award); Knickerbocker Artists, 1959-1961, 1964 (gold medal), 1970 (hon. mention for oil); Vendome Gal.; Hellenic Am Union Gallery, Athens, Greece, 1968 (solo).

Member: AAPL (vice-pres. NY Chapter, 1956-58).

Work: Amarillo (TX) Mus.; Wesleyan College, Macon, GA; Greek Church, Phila.; murals, Church of the Annunciation, Pensacola, FL; Byzantine mural, Greek Cathedral, NYC

Sources: WW73; WW47, puts birth at 1895.