biography of Jack Whitney RAGLAND (1938)

Birth place: El Monte, CA

Addresses: Indianola, IA

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: Ariz State Univ, BA & MA, with Dr Harry Wood, Arthur Jacobson & Ben Goo; Univ Calif, Los Angeles, with Dr Lester Longman, Sam Amato & William Brice; Akad Angewandte Kunst; Akad Bildenden Künste; Graphische Bundes-Lehr-und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna.

Exhibited: Ariz Ann Exhib, Phoenix, Ariz, 1961; Tucson Southwest Exhib, Ariz, 1961; Exhib Nat Recognized Artists, Scattle, Wash, 1963 & Fort Lauderdale, Fla, 1964 -65; Iowa Ann Exhib, Des Moines, 1970 & 1972.

Member: Col Art Asn; Mid-Am Col Art Asn. Awards: Grand purchase prize, Ariz Ann, Phoenix Art Mus, 1961; painting selected as one of top representational painting in USA, Allied Publ, 1962.

Work: Albertina Mus, Vienna, Austria; Phoenix Art Mus, Ariz; Graphische Bundes-Lehr-und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna; Kunsthaus, Basel, Switz.

Comments: Preferred Media: Acrylics, Serigraphy. Teaching: Grad asst drawing & painting, Univ Calif, Los Angeles, 1961-1964; instr drawing & painting, Ariz State Univ, summer, 1963; assoc prof drawing, printmaking & art history, Simpson Col, 1964-. Publications: Contribr, statement, In: Prize-Winning Paintings Book II, Allied, 1962; auth, "Works of Wilhelm Jarushka," Graphische Bundes-Lehr-und-Versuchsanstalt Mag, 1971.

Sources: WW73; Applause" NY Mag Arts (Nov 3, 1971)."