biography of Marion FEDERE (XX)

Birth place: Vienna, Austria

Addresses: Brooklyn, NY

Profession: Painter, graphic artist

Studied: Early art educ in Vienna with Frances Haendel; Brooklyn Col, Brooklyn Mus, Beckman scholar, two yrs & Charles Seiden's Workshop, two yrs; Pratt Graphics Ctr.

Exhibited: Allied Artists Am, Nat Acad Galleries, New York, 1958; Colo-rama, New York Worlds Fair, 1964-65; Prospect Park Centennial Invitational, Brooklyn NY, 1966; Artists Equity of New York Invitation Show & Westchester Art Soc, NY, 1967; Brooklyn Mus Gallery, NY, 1969 & 1972; Skylight Gallery, New York, NY, 1970s. Awards: 19th ann drawing award, Village Art Ctr, 1964; Floyd Bennett Field First Prize, First Place Prof Award, 1969.

Member: Artists Equity Asn New York (treas, Group Three, 1968-); Contemp Artists Brooklyn (treas, 1969-72).

Work: New York Hilton Gallery, NY; Skylight Gallery, New York; Butler Inst Am Arts, Ohio; Union Steel Chest Co, Rochester; also in collection of Dr & Mrs Herbert Drobes, Suffern, NY.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils, Woodcuts.

Sources: WW73; Gordon Brown, article, In: Arts Mag (March, 1972); H G L, Federe at Skylight," Park East,March 16, 1972; "Marion Federe," France-Amerique: Le Courier des Etats Unis, March 23, 1972; plus others."