biography of Harlan Christopher JACKSON (1918)

Birth place: Cleburne, TX

Addresses: NYC; East Hampton, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: Kans. State Teachers Col., 1938; Calif. Sch. Fine Arts, 1945-48, Abraham Rosenberg traveling fel., 1948; Hans Hoffman Sch. Fine Arts, 1951.

Exhibited: San F. AA, 1947-48, 1954; A. Gld. Gal., San F., 1947 (solo); Oakland Mus. A., 1947; CPLH, 1948; SFMA, 1948; Int. Expos, Palais des Beaux, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1950; Barnet Aden Gal., Wash., DC, 1950 (solo); Pan.-Am. Union Exh., Wash., DC, 1951; Cincinnati Art Mus. Int. Biennial, 1954; Panoras Gal.,1955 (solo); James A. Porter Gallery, 1970; Howard Univ. Col. Art, Wash., DC, 1961, 1970; State Armory, Wilmington, DE, 1971.

Member: AEA; San F. AA

Work: IBM Coll.; Guild Hall Coll.; Howard Univ. Coll.; Southampton Col. Collection.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Positions: art dir., Boys Harbor, Inc., East Hampton, NY, 1954-60.

Sources: WW73; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.

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