biography of Darwin B. MUSSELMAN (1916-2001)

Birth place: Selma, CA

Addresses: Fresno, CA

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Fresno State College (A.B., 1938); Art Center College Des., Los Angeles, 1938-39; Calif. College Arts & Crafts (M.F.A., 1950); Univ. Calif., Berkeley (M.A., 1952); Lyonel Feininger, 1937; Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1949.

Exhibited: Third Ann. Legion of Honor Exh., San Fran., 1948; Calif. WCS Exh., Riverside Gal., NY, 1948; Calif. Artists Exh., Los Angeles Mus., 1949; Denver (CO) Mus. Ann., 1954; Butler Inst. Art Nat., Youngstown, OH, 1956. Awards: first prize painting, San Joaquin Valley Art Contest, Rouze Gal., Fresno, 1947, Northern Calif. Arts, Crocker Gal., Sacramento, CA, 1956 & Ann. Show, Fresno AC, 1961.

Member: AWCS; Calif. Nat. WCS

Work: Oakland (CA) Art Mus.; Fresno (CA) Arts Center; Reedley Jr. College, CA; Vallejo (CA) Jr. H.S.; Pittsburg (CA) Jr. H.S. Commissions: mural of cotton indust., Prod. Cotton Oil Co., Fresno, 1954.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, tempera.

Sources: WW73; Emil Kosa, Jr., California Painters," Am. Artist Magazine (March, 1950); Barbara Cott, "Darwin Musselman" (Fresno AC, 1962)."