biography of Lawrence MCKININ (1917)

Birth place: Yukon, PA

Addresses: Columbia, MO

Profession: Educator, painter

Studied: Wayne State Univ. (B.S., 1939); Soc. Arts & Crafts, Detroit, Mich., with John Carroll, 1939-40; Univ. Wis., summer 1941; Cranbrook Acad. Art, with Zoltan Sepeshy, 1946-48 (M.F.A., 1948; Inst. Design, Chicago, summer 1949; Handy & Harman Silversmithing Workshop, Sch. Am. Craftsmen, Rochester, NY, summer 1950.

Exhibited: Mid-Am Ann, Nelson Gallery, 1950 & 1951; seven shows, Springfield Art Mus Ann, 1950-72; Midwest Exhib, Joslyn Mus, Omaha, Nebr, 1951 & 1952; American Jewelry and Related Objects, circulated by Smithsonian Inst, 1955-57; 10 Missouri Painters II, Mo Arts Coun Circulation Exhib, 1968-69. Awards: Purchase prize for painting Exodus, Mid-Am Exhib, Friends of Art, Nelson Gallery, 1950; purchase prize for painting White Lake, Springfield Art Mus, 1950; award for design of bk, Fred Shane drawings, Chicago Bk Clin 16th Ann Exhib, 1965.

Member: Mid-Am. Col. Art Assn.

Work: Friends of Art, Nelson Gal., Kansas City, Mo.; Springfield Mus. Art, Mo.; Vera Mott Mem. Coll., Columbia, Mo. Commissions: portrait of O.M Stewart & H.M. Reese, Univ. Mo. Physics Dept., Columbia, 1967.

Comments: Preferred media; oils, acrylics. Positions: art ed., Archaeol Mag., 1953-54. Teaching: instr. art, Univ. Mo-Columbia, 1948-50, asst. prof. art, 1950-55, assoc. prof. art & chmn. dept., 1955-59, prof. art, 1959-. Publications: designer & art ed., Fred Shane Drawings, 1965.