biography of Bela JANOWSKY (1900-?)

Birth place: Budapest, Hungary

Addresses: Cleveland, OH; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, mural painter, instructor

Studied: Ont. Col. Art; PAFA; Cleveland Sch. Art; Beaux-Arts Inst. Design; A. Howell; C. Grafly, A. Blazys.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1927, 1937; AIC, 1928; All. A. Am. Ann., 1939-; Am. Artists Prof. League; NAD; NSS. Awards: Lindsey Morris Mem. Prize, All. A. Am., 1951 & 1964.

Member: All. A. Am.; Nat. Sculpture Soc.

Work: Treasury Dept., Wash., DC; Commissions: Bust, Queens Univ., Kingston, Ont.; gold medal, Royal Soc. Can.; bronze reliefs, US Dept. Com. Bldg., Wash., DC; bronze mem., USPO, Cooperstown, NY; tablet, Mem. Bldg., Queens, NY; bronze 150th anniversary plaque, Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY.

Comments: WPA artist. Positions: instr. sculpture, Craft Stud. League, YWCA, New York, 1952-.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.