biography of Palmer EIDE (1906-1991)

Birth place: Sioux Falls, SD

Addresses: Sioux Fall, SD

Profession: Sculptor, designer, educator, painter, craftsperson

Studied: Augustana College, B.A.; AIC; Harvard Univ.; Yale Univ.; Cranbrook Acad. Art; Saint Olaf College, D.F.A., 1968.

Exhibited: Sioux City AC, 1961, 1962 & 1966; Fine Arts in Service of Church, Seattle, WA, 1963; Sixth Ann. Ecclesiastical Arts Exhib. of the Church Arch. Conference, Dallas, TX, 1964; Lutheran Art USA Traveling Exhib., 1967; Cultural Opportunities Resource Center Traveling Exhib, Minn, 1969. Awards: Award in sculpture, Fine Arts in Serv Church, Seattle, 1963; award in painting 29th Ann. Fall Show, Sioux City AC, 1966.

Member: College Art Assn.; Midwest College Art Assn.; Am. Oriental Soc.

Work: Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls; Trinity Lutheran Church, Rapid City; Broadcasting Station KSOO, Sioux Falls. Commissions: Sculpture, City Hall, Sioux Falls, 1936; mosaic, First Presbyterian Church, Sioux Falls, 1954; sculpture, First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, 1962; sculpture, Jehovah Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, 1964; sculpture, St. Philips Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, 1966; mural, Univ. South Dakota

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics, wood, stone, mixed media. Teaching: professor of painting, Augustana College, 1931-71; Fulbright professor art, Nat. College Art, Lahore, West Pakistan, 1964-65.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Mary Roche, New Ideas & Inventions," NY Times, March 14, 1948; Louis G. Redstone, Art in Architecture (McGraw, 1968)."