biography of Everett MCNEAR (1904-1984)

Birth place: Minneapolis, MN

Addresses: Evanston, IL; Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Minneapolis Sch. Art, with Cameron Booth; also with Edmund Kinzinger & Louis Marcoussis.

Exhibited: AIC, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1952 (prize 1948); St. Paul Gal., 1943 (solo); Rouillier Gal., 1944 (solo); Wustum Mus. FA, 1945 (solo); A. Chicago, 1945 (solo); SFMA, 1946 (solo); Crocker A. Gal., 1946 (solo); Walker Art Ctr., Minneapolis, 1948 (solo); PAFA Ann., 1950, 1953; Dickens Gal., 1958 (solo); Gal., Univ. Notre Dame, 1961 (solo). Awards: Medal, Art Dirs. Cl., Chicago, 1950 & 1955; prizes, Art Guild, 1951, 1955, 1957 & 1958 & Ill State Mus, 1960; Minnesota Centennial, 1950; Soc. Typographic A., 1949-52.

Member: Chicago A. Cl.; 27 Designers.

Work: commissions: mosaic panels, Skiles Sch., Evanston, Ill., 1959; mural, Perkins & Will Partnership.

Comments: Positions: chmn. exhib. comt., Chicago A. Cl., 1953-; design consult, AIC, 1958-; men. adv. coun., Art Gal., Univ. Notre Dame. Publications: illusr., Many a Green Isle, 1941 & Young Eye Seeing, 1956; contribr., articles, In: Bulletin Atomic Scientists & Am. Artist mag.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.