biography of John KORNER (1913-2014)

Birth place: Novy Jicin, Czech

Addresses: Vancouver 8, BC

Profession: Painter

Studied: F. Kausek, Prague ; Othon Friesz, Paul Colin & Victor Tischler, Paris.

Exhibited: Nat. Gal. Canada Biennials, 1954-64; World's Fair, Seattle, 1962; Art Inst., Minneapolis, 1963; SFMA, 1965; Commonwealth Inst., London, 1968; Bau-Xi Gal., Vancouver, BC, 1970s. Awards: Winnipeg Show Awards, 1955, 1957 & 1961; Vancouver Art Gal. Centennial Award, 1959; Govt. Can. Centennial Medal, 1967.

Work: Nat. Gal. Canada, Ottawa; Montreal Mus. FA; Vancouver Art Gal.; SAM; Toronto Art Gal.. Commissions: murals, comn. by D.J. Simpson, Vancouver, 1966, King's Daughters Hospiral, Duncan, BC, 1967, A.B. Cliff, Palm Springs, CA, 1968, CHQM Radio Sat, Vancouver, 1969 & H.B. McDonald, Vancouver, 1970

Comments: Preferred media: oil, acrylics. Teaching: Vancouver Sch. Art, 1953-58; Univ. BC, 1958-62. Also appears as Koerner.