biography of Katherine Burnap FAULKNER (1901-1977)

Birth place: Syracuse, NY

Death place: Kenosha, WI?

Addresses: Lincoln, NE (1947); Kenosha, WI (1973)

Profession: Painter, educator, lithographer, screenprinter

Studied: Syracuse Univ (BFA, 1925, MFA, 1936); ASL with Boardman Robinson; Colorado Springs Art Center; Hans Hofmann; Henry Varnum Poor, Jeanette Scott; G. Bridgman; Ernest Thurn; H. Breckenridge.

Exhibited: Soc. Indp. A., 1929; Joslyn Mem., 1940-45; AWCS, 1944-45; SFMA, 1945-46; Lincoln Art Gld., 1940-46; Denver Art Mus., 1943, 1944; Nat. Assn. Women Artists, New York, NY, 1940-43; Philadelphia Color Print Soc., 1944-46; Springfield Missouri Annual, 1945, 1946; Norfolk Art Gallery, VA; Little Gallery, Racine, WI., 1970s; Kenosha Public Mus., WI, 1971 (solo); Florissant Gallery, St Louis, MO, 1972 (solo); Kemper Hall, Kenosha, 1972 (solo). Awards: Joslyn Mem., 1945, Award for landscape in oil, Springfield Art Gallery, MO, 1946; In Joy & In Sorrow (oil), Nat. Assn. Women Artists; The Wall (painting), Univ. Wisconsin Gallery.

Member: Delta Phi Delta (pres.); Kenosha Art Assn. (pres., 1950-1955, board member); Racine Art Assn.; Kenosha Arts Council (board member); Nat. Ser. Soc.; Philadelphia Color Print Soc.; NAWA; Prairie Printmakers; Lincoln A. Gld.; Northwest Printmakers; Nat. Art CIub.

Work: IBM; Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln; Kenosha Public Mus., WI; Univ Colorado, Boulder; Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah; Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia. Commissions: mural, US Post Office, Valentine, NE; outdoor mosaic mural, Kemper Hall, Kenosha, WI; altar piece, De Koven Found, Racine, WI; altar piece, St. Mary's Church, Mitchell, NE; chapel, Union College, Lincoln, NE.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Teaching: art professor, Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1930-50; visiting professor, watercolors, Univ. Colorado, Boulder, summers 1934-37; chairman dept. fine arts, Kemper Hall, Kenosha, 1950-72. Lectures: Indian Art.

Sources: WW73; WW47.