biography of Bernard Patrick ARNEST (1917-1986)

Birth place: Denver, CO

Addresses: Colorado Springs, CO

Profession: Painter, educator, lithographer

Studied: Colorado Springs FA Center; Boardman Robinson.

Exhibited: WMAA; CI; Corcoran Gal., 1947-53; PAFA; Univ. Ill. Ann, Urbana-Champaign; Kraushaar Galleries, NYC, 1970s. Awards: Guggenheim fel., 1940; int. exchange prog., US Dept. State, 1960.

Work: War Dept. Permanent Coll.; Walker Art Ctr., Minneapolis, Minn.; Minneapolis Inst. Arts; Colo. Springs Fine Arts Ctr.; Univ. Nebr., Lincoln; Univ. Georgia, Atlanta; murals, private bldgs., Denver, Rocky Ford, Colo.; USPO, Wellington Tex.

Comments: Preferred media: oil, acrylic. Positions: chief war artist, European Theater Hq., US Army, 1944-1945; chmn. advan. placement in art comt., Col. Entrance Exam Bd., 1969-1972. Teaching: Assoc. prof. drawing & painting, Univ. Minn, 1949-1957; prof. drawing & painting, Colo. Col., 1957-.

Sources: WW73; WW47.