biography of Mary Louise MEIXNER (1916)

Birth place: Milwaukee, WI

Addresses: Milwaukee, WI

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Milwaukee-Downer Col. (B.A.); State Univ. Iowa (M.A.); ASL with Hale; Univ. Minn. & Bowling Green Univ. with Max Weber; Mills Col. with Yasuo Kuniyoshi; Am. Sch. at Fontainebleau, France; Carpenter Center Visual Arts, Harvard Univ.

Exhibited: Des Moines AC Ann., 1954-55 & 1962; Mid. Am. Ann., Kansas City, MO, 1955; Nat. Design Center, NYC, 1969 (solo); MacNider Mus. Ann., Mason City, IA, 1970-71; Red River Ann., Moorhead, ND, 1971. Awards: regional small exhs. awards.

Member: College AA Am.; Intersoc. Color Council; Mid-Am. AA; Delta Phi Delta; Milwaukee AC

Work: Nat. Am. Home Econ. Assn., Wash., DC; Des Moines(IA) Art Center; Denison AA Gal., Iowa.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics. Teaching: Milwaukee-Downer Col., 1945-52; Iowa State Univ., Ames, 1953-. Research: experiments in light and coloróadditive light box; after-image; animation. Publications: auth., articles, School Arts, 1940 & 1942, Am. Camping magazine, 1953, 1955 & 1966, Art Journal, 1953-71, Lyrical Iowa Poetry magazine, 1962-68 & Design magazine, 1967-68.