biography of Rosalie Pettus PRICE (1913-?)

Birth place: Birmingham, AL

Addresses: Birmingham, AL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Birmingham-Southern Col. (A.B.); Univ. Ala. (M.A.), and with Hanuah Elliott, A. L. Bairnsfather, Wayman Adams.

Exhibited: Calif. WCS, 1945-48, ( traveling exh., 1947-48), 1954; Riverside Mus., 1946, 1948; SSAL, 1936, 1943, 1946; Long Beach AA, 1944, 1945; Los Angeles Nat. A. Week, 1945; Phila. WC & Print Exh., 1948; Alabama WC Soc., 1948 (prize), 1949; AWCS, 1947; Mobile WC Soc., 1948; New Orleans AA, 1947-48 (prize); Mississippi AA, 1947; Newport AA, 1946; High Mus. A., 1947-49; SSAL, 1936, 1943, 1946; Long Beach AA, 1944, 1945; Birmingham AA, 1934-35, 1944 (prize)-45 (prize), 1947, 1950 (prize),1951, 1968 (Little House on Linden purchase award); Pen & Brush Cl., 1949-50 (prize); Watercolor USA, Springfield, 1968, 1971-72; 35th Ann Mid-year Show, Butler Inst. Am. Art, Youngstown, OH, 1970; 50th Ann. Exhib., Calif. Nat. WC Soc., Laguna Beach, Calif., 1970; WC Invitational, Chico State Col., Calif., 1972; 18th Ann. Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind., 1972. W. Alden Brown Mem. Prize, Nat. Soc. Painters Casein, 1970; purchase award, WC USA, 1972.

Member: Calif. Nat. WC Soc.; WC Soc. Ala. (secy., 1948-49); Mobile WC Soc.; New Orleans AA; Louisiana WC Soc.; Long Beach AA; Birmingham Art Assn. (pres., 1947-49); Nat. Soc. Painters Casein & Acrylic.

Work: Birmingham Mus. Art; Springfield Art Mus., Mo.; Spain Ctr. Coll., Univ. Ala., Birmingham; Samford Univ., Birmingham; Birmingham Trust Nat. Bank.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, oils, ink. Teaching: instr. drawing & watercolor, Birmingham Mus. Art, 1967-70; instr. art appreciation, color & design, Samford Univ., 1969-70.

Sources: WW73; Martin Hames (interviewer), The Implacable Abstraction of Objects," Ala. Educ. TV, 1/13/1972."