biography of Janet Elizabeth TURNER (1914-1988)

Birth place: Kansas City, MO

Death place: Chico, CA

Addresses: Chico, CA

Profession: Printmaker, educator

Studied: Stanford Univ, AB, 1936; Kansas City Art Inst, with Thomas H Burton, Dipl, 1941; Claremont Col, with Millard Sheets & Henry McFee, MFA, 1947; Columbia Univ, EdD, 1960.

Exhibited: American Painting Today, 1950 & Watercolors & Prints, 1952,MMA; Ninth Nat Exhib, Libr of Cong, Washington, DC, 1951; Fourth Int Bordighera Biennale, Italy; Galerie Internationale, NYC; Bay Window, Mendocino, CA. Awards: Guggenheim fel, 1953; Tupperware Art Found fel, 1956 ; NAD, Cannon prize, 1961 .

Member: Assoc NAD; Soc Am Graphic Artists; Nat Asn Women Artists; Am Color Pring Soc; Los Angeles Printmaking Soc.

Work: MMA; Philadelphia Mus Art, Pa; Victoria & Albert Mus, London; Bibliotheque Nat, Paris, France, Libr of Cong, Washington, DC.

Comments: Preferred Media: Graphics, Mixed Media. Positions: Pres, Nat Serigraph Soc, 1957-59, v pres, 1959-62. Publications: Illusr, The Yazoo, Rinehard, 1952. Teaching: Instr art, Girl's Collegiate Sch, 1942-47; asst prof art, Stephan F Austin State Col, 1947-56; from asst prof to prof art, Chico State Col, 1959-70s.