biography of Charles Edward AMBROSE (1922)

Birth place: Memphis, TN

Addresses: Columbus, MS

Profession: Painter

Studied: Univ Ala, BFA, 1949, MA 1950.

Exhibited: Miss Art Assn Ann., 1950-on (first place, 1968); Birmingham Watercolor Soc., 1950-; New Orleans Art Assn. Ann. Spring Exhib., 1952 (best watercolor)-on; Edgewater Ann., Biloxi, Miss., 1968, 1970 (first place drawing); Mid-Continent Exhib., Mo., 1971.

Member: Southeastern Col. Arts Conference; Miss. Art Educ. Assn.; Southern Assn. Sculptors; Col. Art Assn.; Miss. Art Assn.

Work: Univ Southern Miss.; Carey Col.; Biloxi Art Assn.; Miss Art Assn.; First National Bank, Hattiesburg, Miss. Commissions: Portrait reliefs, Univ. Southern Miss., 1958 & portraits, 1960; Pat Harrison Waterways Bldg., 1965; Carey Col.; Miss. Archives Bldg., 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolor, oil. Teaching: assoc. prof. drawing & painting (resident artist), Univ Southern Miss., 1950-1970; hd. art dept., Miss State Col Women, 1970-1972.