biography of Arthur TURNER (1940)

Birth place: Houston, TX

Addresses: Houston, TX

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: N Tex State Univ, BA, 1962; Cranbrook Acad Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich, MFA, 1966, with Zoltan Shepeshy.

Exhibited: Artist of Southeast & Tex, Isaac Delgado Mus, New Orleans, 1961; Prings 1966, State Univ NY Potsdam, 1966; Drawing Soc Nat, Am Fedn Art, NYC, 1970; 24th Am Drawing Biennial, Norfolk Mus Art, Va, 1971; The Other Coast, Calif State Col, Long Beach, 1971; Smither Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1970s. Awards: Award in 34th Ann Painting & Sculpture Exhib, Dallas Mus Fine Arts, 1963; second award, Southwestern Watercolor Soc 7th Ann, 1971; first purchase award, Beaumont Art Mus 20th Ann, 1971.

Member: Southwestern Watercolor Soc; Tex Fine Arts Asn; Tex Watercolor Soc; Col Art Asn Am.

Work: MFA, Houston, Carrol Reese Mus, E Tenn State Univ, Johnson City; Alcoa Aluminum Co, Detroit, Mich; The Galleries, Cranbrook Acad Art; Del Mar Col, Corpus Christi, Tex.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils, Acrylics, Charcoal. Teaching: Asst prof painting, Madison Col(Va), 1966-68; instr painting, Sch Art, Mus Fine Arts, Houston, 1969-70s.

Sources: WW73; Richard Hutchens, Arthur Turner--Painter," Forum (Summer, 1968); R. Hutchens, "Arthur Turner," Facets, (June, 1969)"