biography of Marion Montague JUNKIN (1905-1977)

Birth place: Chunju, Korea

Death place: Lexington, VA

Addresses: NYC; Nashville, TN, 1941-49; Lexington, VA, 1949-73

Profession: Painter, sculptor, educator, teacher

Studied: Washington & Lee Univ. (A.B., 1927; hon. Arts D., 1949); ASL, 1927-30; also with Luks; Randolph Johnston; G. Bridgman; Locke; Edward McCarten

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1933-34; AIC, 1939; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1937; VMFA, 1942, 1944, 1946 (prize); WMAA; WFNY, 1939; IBM (prize); CI, 1941, 1949; Pepsi-Cola, 1946; Butler AI, 1946 (prize); Tenn. Ann. Exh; Richmond Acad Fine Arts (prize); Luyber Gal., NYC, 1947 (solo); plus others.

Work: VMFA; IBM Corp. Coll. Commissions: murals, HQ Va. State Police Dept., Richmond, Va.; McCormick Libr., Lexington, Va.; Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, Va.; Fed. Savings & Loan Assn., Memphis, Tenn.; frescoes, Memphis, Tenn.; others in Richmond & Roanoke, Va.; Washington & Lee Univ. owns a number of paintings, including a 48-ft. fresco in its Sch. of Commerce.

Comments: Teaching: prof. fine arts & assoc. dir., Richmond Sch. Arts, 1934-41; prof. & hd. dept. fine arts, Vanderbilt Univ., 1941-46; prof. & hd. dept. fine arts, Washington & Lee Univ., 1949-73. During the 1950s he conducted extensive research into fresco techniques, and completed a 55-ft fresco for a bank in Memphis, TN. He established the Pencap Point Art Colony (Mobjack Bay, VA) in 1950.

Sources: WW73; WW66; WW59; PHF files, obit.; Alumni Ofice, Wash. & Lee Univ. files; Falk, Exh. Record Series.