biography of Michael Henry SCHRECK (1901-1999)

Birth place: Austria

Addresses: Hollywood, FL

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: ASL; Tom Von Dreger, Vienna & Colin Collahan, London.

Exhibited: Mus. FA, Montreal, 1953-56; Dom Gal., Montreal, 1954-56; Jersey City Mus., NJ, 1959; Selected Artists Gal., New York, 1961 (solo); Mus. Art Mod., Paris, 1964; Gloria Luria Gal., Miami, FL & Dominion Gal., Montreal, PQ, 1970s. Awards: Grand Prix Int., Deauville, France, 1964; Prix Int. de Vichy, Mention Grand Finale, 1964; Prix Rencontre Int., Chateau de Senou, France, 1965.

Member: Royal Soc. Arts, London (life fellow); AFA; Smithsonian Inst.

Work: Heckscher Mus., NY; Miami (FL) MOMA; NY Univ.; NY Univ. Medical Center; State Univ. NY Buffalo. Commissions: Mexican mural, Thomaston, NY, 1969; sculpture garden, R. Gimbel, New York.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, bronze. Dealers:

Sources: WW73; P. Mornand, Au MusÈe d'Art Moderne," La RÈvue Moderne (1964); J.J. Leveque, "Le Tour de Galeries," Galerie Arts (March, 1965); J. Paris, article, Long Island Art Review (1966)."