biography of Lez HAAS (1911-?)

Birth place: Berkeley, CA

Addresses: Oakland, CA, late 1930s; Tucson, AZ

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: San Francisco State Teachers College; Univ. Calif., Berkeley (A.B. & M.A.); Hans Hofmann School Art.

Exhibited: San Francisco AA, 1939, 1940; Roswell Art Mus.; Santa Barbara Mus. Art; CPLH; New Mexico Fine Arts Mus. (prize, 1957); Univ. Arizona Art Gal.

Member: Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.; Soc. Am. Archeology; Prof. Photographers AM.

Work: Cedar City, UT

Comments: Teaching: asst., Univ., Calif., Berkeley; asst. professor, College Fine Arts, Univ. New Mexico, 1946-47, acting dean, 1947-48, director, Taos Field School, 1947-48, assoc. professor & chmn. dept. art, 1947-53, professor, 1953-63, acting dean, 1954-55; head art dept., Univ. Arizona, 1963-69, professor art, 1963-.

Sources: WW73; Hughes, Artists in California, 228.