biography of Roger Terry BARR (1921-2000)

Birth place: Milwaukee, WI

Addresses: Santa Rosa, CA

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: Univ. Wis.; Nat. Univ. Mex.; Pomona Col., BA; Claremont Col., MFA; Jepson Art Inst., Atelier 1917.

Exhibited: De Young Mem. Mus., San Fran. (solo); Galerie Philadelphie, Paris (solo); Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles (solo); Feingarten Gallery, New York (solo); Oakland Art Mus, 1955 (prize); Stanford Univ., 1956 (Purchase prize); Int. Sculpture Exhib., Mus. Rodin, 1966 & Mus. Toulouse, 1967, Paris; Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA. Awards: Catherwood Found. fel., 1956.

Member: Col. Art Assn. Am.; Am. Fedn. Arts.

Work: VMFA; Pasadena Art Mus.; Mus. Arte Mod., Sao Paulo, Brazil; BMFA; Art Mus. Goteborg, Sweden.

Comments: Teaching: Instr. art, Univ. Calif., Los Angeles, 1950-1952; instr. art, Calif. Sch. Fine Arts, San Fran., 1954-1956; founding dir., Col. Art Study Abroad, Am. Ctr. Students & Artists, Paris, 1958-1971.