biography of William Kelly FEARING (1918-2011)

Birth place: Fordyce, AR

Addresses: Ft. Worth, TX (1947); Austin, TX (1973)

Profession: Painter, educator, etcher

Studied: Louisiana Tech. Univ, BA; Columbia Univ, MA.

Exhibited: Dallas Print Soc., 1945 (prize); San Antonio Art Lg., 1945 (prize); SSAL, 1941-44; Mississippi AA, 1942; Louisiana State Exh., 1940-42; New Orleans Art Lg., 1943; Perls Gal., Los Angeles, 1953; Santa Barbara Mus. Art, 1953 (solo); SFMA, 1953; Miami Art Center, 1953; PAFA, 1954; DMFA, 1953; Margaret Brown Gal., Boston, 1954; Catholic Univ., Washington, DC, 1954; Texas Annual, 1953-55 (awards); Texas FA Assn., 1953-55 (awards); Texas State Fair purchase award, 1956; D. D. Feldman award, 1956, 1958; Mus. FA of Houston, 1944-45, 1955 (2-man); Henry Clay Frick Mem. Gal., Univ. Pittsburgh, 1955 (solo);Witte Mem Mus, San Antonio, TX, 1969; Univ. Pittsburgh, 1955; AFA Traveling Exh., 1953-54, 1955-56; Fort Worth Art Center, 1944, 1945 (prize), 1946, 1955 (2-man); Hewitt Gal., NY.; Valley House, Dallas; McNey AI; Contemporary Painting & Sculpture, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, 1955, 1957 & 1963; Carnegie Int., Pittsburgh, PA, 1956-56; Museum Director's Choice, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO, 1961; solo show, Texas Painting & Sculpture: 20th Century, 1971-72.

Work: Dallas Mus Fine Arts, Tex; Fort Worth Art Ctr, Tex; Mus Fine Arts Houston, Tex; Inst Contemp Arts, Boston, MA; Texas Fine Arts Assn.; Louisiana Polytechnic Inst.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics. Teaching: Texas Wesleyan College, 1945-; prof. of art & education, Univ. Texas, Austin, 1947-. Research: art activities for elementary and secondary school children; art education for elementary teachers. Publications: co-author, Our Expanding Vision, Benson, 1960; illustrator, Confabulario & Other Inventions, Univ. Texas Press, 1964; co-author, The Creative Eye, Benson, Vols I & II, 1969; co-author, Art and the Creative Teacher, Benson, 1971.

Sources: WW73; Richardson, article in Arts Mag (Feb. 1971); Falk, Exh. Record Series.