biography of Vern MOCK (1913-?)

Birth place: Basin, WY

Addresses: Winston-Salem, NC

Profession: Designer, commercial artist, painter, teacher, writer, lecturer, illustrator

Studied: Univ. Colorado (B.F.A.); Art Center, Los Angeles; Workshop Sch., NY

Exhibited: Grumbacher Exh., 1935; Calif. Art Festival, 1936; A.I. Friedman Gal., 1954 (solo); Art Gld., 1954; Winston-Salem AA, 1956-58; Winston-Salem Pub. Lib., 1958; Dixie Classic Fair, 1956-57; North Carolina Women's Club, 1956-57; Roaring Gap, NC, 1956-57.

Member: Art Gld.; Winston-Salem AA; AAPL.

Comments: Positions: W.D. Teague Co., 1942-45; art dir., Information Please," TV program, 1952; art dir., Vern Mock Assoc., 1945-55; Rapid Art Service, 1954-55; Michael Newmark Agency, 1955; instr., Cartoonists & Illus. Sch., NY, 1950-54; des. dir., Western Electric Co., as of 1959."