biography of Vernice Brown LASSITER (1927)

Birth place: Millry, AL

Addresses: Mobile, AL

Profession: Painter

Studied: Univ. Ala., with August Trovoahe; Famous Artist Sch.; ASL; also with Joseph Hirsch, Robert Brackman & Valdi Maris.

Exhibited: Southeastern Ann. Exhib., Atlanta, Ga., 1957; 26th & 27th Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Soc, Wash., DC, 1959 & 1960; Mobile's Cult. Exchange Prog., Malagna, Spain, 1965; Sears Vincent Price Traveling Show, 1970. Awards: First & best of show & gold cup, Mobil Art Assn. Azales Trail Exhib., 1961; first & best of show & gold cup, Mobile Art Assn. Outdoor Art Exhib., first watercolor gold plaque, Alabama State Fair, 1965.

Member: Mobile Art Assn.; Birmingham Art Assn.; Eastern Shore Art Assn.

Comments: Preferred media: mixed media. Teaching: pvt. classes, lects 7 demonstrations in painting.

Sources: WW73; Donald A Burrows, rev., In: Fort Worth Art Mus. catalog; Sterling McIlhany, article, In: Am. Artist