biography of Beryl BARR-SHARRAR (1935)

Birth place: Norfolk, VA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: Mt. Holyoke Col., BA; Univ. Calif., Berkeley, MA; Inst. Fine Arts, New York Univ., MA.

Exhibited: Seven Americans of Paris, Am. Cult. Ctr., US Embassy, Paris, 1962; Galerie Lutece, Paris, 1966 & 1967; Maisons Cult. Amiens, Bourges, Mus. Avignon, Besancon, Montpellier, Nancy & Ste-Etienne, 1967; Galerie Lucian Durand, Paris, 1967; Mus. Bourdeux, Menton & le Harve, 1968. Awards: Prix le France pour le jeune peinture, Paris, 1964.

Comments: Positions: co-founder, Col. Art Study Abroad, Paris, 1961, assoc. dir., 1961-1968. Publications: ed., The artists' and writers' cookbook," 1961; auth., Wonders, Warriors and Beasts Abounding, (Doubleday, 1967); auth., Artistes En Exil (exhib. catalogue, Paris Am. Ctr., 1968); auth., "Some Aspects of Early Autobiographical Imagery in Picasso's Suite 347," Art Bull. ( Dec. 1972). Teaching: Vis. lectr. painting, Mt. Holyoke Col., 1968-1969."