biography of Paul (Austin) W(ayne WHITENER (1911-1959)

Birth place: Lincoln County, NC

Addresses: Hickory, NC

Profession: Museum director, painter, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Duke Univ.; Ringling Sch. Art; Wilford Conrow; Donald Blake; Frank Herring.

Exhibited: Mint MA, 1944; Hickory MA, 1943-1946; SSAL, 1942; Duke Univ., 1945 (solo).

Member: AAPL; North Carolina State Art Soc.; SC; Kappa Pi (hon.); Duke Univ. Arts Council.

Work: Duke Univ.; Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, NC; Hickory MA; many portrait commissions.

Comments: Positions: dir., Hickory MA, 1943; teacher, Hickory H. S., 1945-46; nat. dir., AAPL Honor Roll. Lectures: art appreciation.

Sources: WW59; WW47.