biography of Gwendolyn ORSINI (1912-2013)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Lake Worth, FL, 1947; McLean, VA, 1973

Profession: Painter, teacher, enamelist, art dealer

Studied: Univ. Calif., Los Angeles, 1934-35; Univ. Ill. (B.S., 1937); AIC; Norton Gal. & Sch. A.; Eliot O'Hara; Univ. Va., 1955.

Exhibited: AIC, 1945; Palm Beach A. Lg., 1946; Norton Gal., 1946 (prize); Strait Mus., Lake Worth, 1946; MacFadden-Deauville Gal., Miami, 1946; Fifth Creative Craft Biennial, 1962, Ninth Int. Ceramic Exhib., 1963 & Nat. League Am. Pen. Women 22nd Biennial Art Exhib., 1964, Smithsonian Inst.; Seventh Creative Craft Biennial, Norfolk Mus., Va., 1966; 14th Ann. Rochester Festival Religious Arts, 1972; Artist's Mart, Wash., DC, 1970s; Galerie Santiago, San Juan, PR, 1970s. Awards: outstanding craftsmanship award, Smithsonian Inst., 1956; first prize in ceramics, CGA, 1957; first prize in enamels, Nat. League Am. Pen. Women, 1969.

Member: Palm Beach A. Lg.; Soc. Four A., Palm Beach; Kiln Club, Wash., DC (v. pres., 1968-69); Nat. League Am. Pen. women (v. pres., 1956-58, pres, 1958-60); Va. Craftsmens Coun.; Md. Crafts Coun.; World Craft Coun.

Work: VMFA; BMA; CGA; Thomas C. Thompson Collection Contemp. Am. Enamelists, Chicago.

Comments: Known as Gwendolyn Orsinger Anderson; later simply as Orsini. Preferred media: enamels, watercolors. Position: Ill., dir-partner, Artist's Mart, 1954-. Teaching: art, Pekin H.S.; instr. enameling, 1,000 Island Mus. Craft Sch., Clayton, NY, 1966-67; instr. enameling, Am. Art Assocs., 1967-; instr, enameling, Cross Creek Ceramics, 1972. Specialty of her gallery: Contemporary American artists, paintings, sculpture & ceramics.

Sources: WW73 (as Orsini); WW47 (as Gwendolyn Orsinger Anderson)

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