biography of Emilie VON AUW (1901-1984)

Birth place: Flushing, NY

Addresses: Albuquerque, NM

Profession: Painter, sculptor, craftsperson, designer, writer, lecturer, educator

Studied: NY School Fine & Applied Art; Columbia Univ. (B.A., M.A.); Univ. New Mexico (B.F.A.); Grande Chaumière, Paris; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Fontainebleau, France; Acad. Art, Florence, Italy; Germany; Holland

Exhibited: Brooklyn SA; Clay Club, NYC; NGA; Terry AI; New Mexico Art Lg.; New Mexico State Fair (prize); Univ. New Mexico; Plaza Gal.; Ramage Gal.; Albuquerque Artists; Jonson Gal.; Botts Mem. Hall; Fez Club Gal.; Mus. New Mexico, Santa Fe (traveling exhibs.)

Member: New Mexico Art Lg. (board member); Corrales AA; Nat Soc. Arts & Letters; Clay Club, NYC

Comments: Positions: art professor, Univ. New Mexico, 1940-45; director, Studio Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, 1940-45; State Fair Mus. FA.; advisory board, Special Educ. Center.

Sources: WW59; WW47.