biography of Homer DIMAN (1914-1974)

Birth place: New York, NY

Addresses: St Petersburg, FL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Ecole Beaux Artes; Parsons Sch Fine Art, New York, ASL New York; Franklin Acad Art, New York; Newark Sch Fine Art; Also with John Sloan, miniature illum with Arthur Szyk & anat with George Bridgeman.

Exhibited: Masters Invitational, Boston, Mass, 1935; World's Fair, New York, 1939 -40; Big Bend Nat, Tallahassee, Fla, 1968; De Bary Hall, Hq Fla Fedn Art, 1970-71; Latin Quarter Gallery, Tampa, Fla, 1970-171. Awards: Int Art Dirs Award, Advert Arts, New York, 1939; W Shore Exhib Awards, Tampa Realistic Artists, 1969-70; Arts International, Belleair Bluffs, FL.

Member: Art Club St Petersburg; Latin Quarter Gallery; Sarasota Art Asn; Soc N Am Artists.

Work: Am Univ Mus, Beirut, Lebanon; Arch Fla Art, Ringling Mus, Sarasota, Fla.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils, Watercolors. Positions: V pres & mem exec bd, Fla Fedn Art, De Bary, 1970-71.