biography of David HOSTETLER (1926-2015)

Birth place: Beach City, OH

Addresses: Athens, OH; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, instructor

Studied: Indiana Univ. (B.S.); Ohio Univ. (M.F.A.)

Exhibited: Parke-Bernet Gals., Bernard Davis College, NYC, 1962; Sculpture Center Gal., New York, 1965-72 (solo); PAFA,1966; Downey (CA) Mus. Art, 1969 (solo) & Speed Mus., 1971 (solo); James Hunt Barker Gals., Nantucket, MA & Palm Beach, FL. Awards: first prize, Mainstreams 1969, Marietta College, 1969; purchase prize, Butler AI, 1970; Ohio Arts Council Award, 1971.

Work: Speed Mus., Louisville, KY; Butler IA, Youngstown, OH; Fort Lauderdale (FL) Mus.; Miami (FL) MOMAa. Commissions: head of William McGuffey, Massillon (OH) Mus., 1965; bronze figure, One Erieview Plaza, Cleveland, OH, 1968; wood carved head, Solon (OH) Pub. Lib., 1969.

Comments: Preferred medium: wood. Positions: mem. advisory panel, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, 1969-73. Teaching: Indiana Univ., Bloomington, summer 1948; Ohio Univ., 1950-; San Miguel Allende, Mex., summer 1958.

Sources: WW73; Phillip Adams, The Carver from Coolville Ridge (Western Mich. Univ. Press, 1967); Eye on Art" (film), CBS-TV, 1967; Joseph Slate, "The Heavy Folk Thing," Kenyon Review (1969); Falk, Exh. Record Series.