biography of Paul William MANNEN (1906-?)

Birth place: Topeka, KS

Addresses: Chickasha, OK; LA Cruces, NM

Profession: Painter, educator, lecturer

Studied: Univ, Kans., with, Albert Bloch, Karl Mattern & Raymond J. Eastwood, (B.F.A., 1933); Ohio State Univ., with Hoyt Sherman & Erwin F. Frye (M.A., 1939); K. Mattern.

Exhibited: Kansas City AI, 1931-34, 1935-37 (prize), 1939-42; Joslyn Mem., 1934; Columbus Gal. FA, 1938; Dayton Art Inst., 1942 (first prize oil paintings); Kans. Artists, 1936-41; Prairie Watercolor Painters Traveling Exhibs., 1937-42 & 1959-64; 55th Ann., Denver, Colo., 1949; six shows, Sun Carnival, El Paso, Tex., 1949-62. Awards: several Kans. State Fair prizes.

Member: Kans. Fedn. Art; MacDowell Fine Arts Soc.; Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.

Work: Thayer Art Mus., Univ. Kans., Lawrence; Jr. High Sch., Lawrence; Elem. Sch., Lawrence. Commissions: murals, Univ. Kans., Pub. Libr., Lawrence & cmndg. gen. off., Fort Riley, KS; CI.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Lectures: Mexican A. & Crafts. Positions: ed., Air Force films, Wright Field, Ohio, 1942-45. Teaching: instr. painting, Topeka Art Ctr., Kans., 1939-41; prof. art & hd. dept., Okla. Col. Women, 1945-48; prof. art & hd. dept., N. Mex. State Univ., 1948-59, prof. painting & art hist., 1959-69, emer. prof., 1969-.

Sources: WW73; WW47; C.J. Bulliet, rev., In: Chicago Daily News, July 11, 1936; Felipe Beraza, "Interview on Orozco Murals," Excelsior, Mexico City, Sept. 8, 1947; Richard C. Green, Image in Contemporary Art, catalog (Jr. Col., Decatur, Ala., Jan., 1971)