biography of Vinton Liddell PICKENS (1900-1994)

Birth place: Charlotte, NC

Addresses: Ashburn, VA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Corcoran Art Sch. with Eugene Weisz; Am. Univ. with Ben L. Summerford.

Exhibited: Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1951; Soc Wash. Artists; Irene Leach Mem. Exhibs., Norfolk, Va.; Va. Artists Biennial, Richmond; NC Artists Biennial, Raleigh.

Member: AEA (Wash., DC Chapt.)

Work: Butler Inst. Am. Art; Watkins Gal., Wash, DC; Miami MoMA, Fla.; Univ. Maine; Art-in-the-Embassies Prog., State Dept.

Comments: Auth & illustrator: "Paint an Elephant," Atlantic, 1958; article in Serendipity.