biography of Elden Hart ROWLAND (1915-1982)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Addresses: Sarasota, FL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Cincinnati Art Acad.; Cent. Acad. Commercial Art, Cincinnati; Jerry Farnsworth in Truro, MA; Robert Brackman in Provincetown and Conn.; San Antonio Art Inst.

Exhibited: Soc. Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, 1960; Lowe Gal. Mem. Ann., 1962 (purchase prize); Spring Hill Col., 1963 (prize); Cooperstown Ann, 1971; Greater Schenectady Ann., NY, 1971; Berkshire Art Assn. Ann., 1971 (prize); Gail Hinchen Gal., Manchester, CT, 1970s

Member: AFA; Sarasota AA; Schenectady Art Mus.; Florida Artists Group; Cape Cod AA; Provincetown AA

Work: Lowe Gal., Coral Gables, FL; New College, Sarasota, FL; Stetson Univ., Deland, FL; Spring Hill Col., Mobile, AL; Berkshire AA, Pittsfield, MA. Commission: murals for Monsanto Chemical, Springfield, 1955.

Comments: Author: "Painters' Sutra," 1972. Teaching: Hilton Leech Art Sch., Sarasota.

Sources: WW73; Crotty, 141