biography of Thomas C. STROBEL (1931-2001)

Birth place: Bellemeade, TN

Death place: Boscobel, WI

Addresses: Barrington Hills, IL; Boscobel, WI

Profession: Painter, graphic artist

Studied: AIC (B.F.A., 1960); Univ. Chicago; Staatliche Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany (M.A., Fine Arts); private study of language and humanities in Germany.

Exhibited: Albright-Knox Art Gal., Buffalo, NY, Worcester (MA) Mus. Art; CMA; Walker AC, Minneapolis, MN; AIC, 1965. Awards: gold medal, Chicago Sun Times, 1960; Fulbright Award painting, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1960-61; Graham Found. grant, 1968-69

Member: Chicago Art Club; North Shore AC; Evanston AC

Work: State Art Acad., Germany; Krannert Mus., Univ. Illinois; AIC; Int. Minerals & Chemical Corp.; IBM Coll.

Comments: Teaching: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960s; Illinois Institute of Technology; Northern Illinois University; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL; University of Wisconsin, Rhinelander, 1970s; Arizona, early 1980s; Lake Forest College,IL, 1987-on.

Sources: Obituaries, Chicago Tribune, November 17, 2001.