biography of Abraham S. WEINER (1897-1982)

Birth place: Vinnitza, Ukraine, Russia

Addresses: Santa Monica, CA

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Univ. Michigan (B.A. in Arch., 1922); Chicago Art Inst., with Victor Poole; Studio Sch. Art, Chicago; & with Alexander Archipenko, John Norton.

Exhibited: AIC, 1931, 1934; Northwestern Univ. 1931; Cornell Univ, 1933; Denver Mus., 1943; UCLA,, 1943; UCLA, 1943; solo exh.: SFMA, 1943; Santa Barbara MA, 1944; Denver AM, 1944, 1945; Los Angeles Artists & Vicinity Exhib., 1944 (hon. men.); Oakland Art Gal., 1944-46; LACMA, 1944-46, 1951; Chaffey College, 1945; SFMA, 1945; NAD, paintings of the year, 1946; Pepsi-Cola, 1946, 1949; A.S. Cowie Galleries, Los Angeles, 1947, 1950, 1954; Univ. Illinois, 1948;Santa Monica Pub. Lib.; Santa Barbara MA, 1946 (solo). Awards: Du Page County (IL) Artists, 1935 (prize); Glendale (CA) AA, 1944, (hon. men.),1945 (first prize).

Member: Calif. WCS; Los Angeles AA.

Comments: Positions: set designer, 20th-Century Fox Film Corp; architectural draftsman.

Sources: WW59; WW47.