biography of Richard R ARNOLD (1923)

Birth place: Detroit, MI

Addresses: Minneapolis, MN

Profession: Designer, painter

Studied: Southwestern Univ.; Wayne Univ., BFA; Cranbrook Acad. Art, MFA, with Zoltan Sepeshy; Tulane Univ.; Univ. Mich.

Exhibited: Communication Through Art, Am Fedn Arts Traveling Exhib, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran; solo show, White Mus, Cornell Univ, 1956; Calif Palace of Legion of Honor, 1960; maj exhibs. in large cities in the US.

Member: Col Art Assn. Am.

Work: Cranbrook Mus. Art; Northwestern Nat. Life Ins. Collection. Commissions: mural, Essex Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.; designs for Chrysler Corp., American Motors Corp., Gen Mills Co., Gen. Elec. Co., Am. Standards, Gen. Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Mich. Bell Tel. Co., Xerox Corp. & others.

Comments: Teaching: instr, Univ Wis., 1948-1951; asst. prof., Cornell Univ., 1953-1956; asst. prof., San Jose State Col., 1958-1960; assoc. prof., Rochester Inst. Technol., 1960-1964; prof. & head design div., Minneapolis Sch. Art, 1964-; vis. prof., Univ. Victoria, summer 1968; lect., Mass Production and Architecture, Univ. Toronto; lect., Interior Architecture, Univ. Mass.