biography of Rex J. ASHLOCK (1918-1999)

Addresses: San Francisco, CA

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Univ. Wash., Seattle, 1937-38; Calif. Sch. FA, 1940-42; UCal, Berkeley, 1951, 1954-55; ASL, 1968

Exhibited: San Francisco AA (at San Fran. Mus. Art) 1947 (Walter watercolor prize), 1950 (drawings prize); San Francisco Art Commission; Calif. Watercolor Assn, Los Angeles; Oakland Mus.; Richmond AA (CA); Calif. State Fair, Sacramento.; Humboldt College; Napa College; Pacific Art Festival; Raymond & Raymond Gal., San Fran., 1945 (solo); City of Paris Gal., San Fran., 1948 (solo); Centennials Gal., Berkeley, 1949 (solo); Larry Blake's, Berkely, 1950 (solo); Contemporary Gal., Berkely, 1953 (solo); de Young Mus., San Fran., 1953-54; L. Labaudt Gal., San Fran., 1954 (solo); G. Paul Bishop Gal, Berkeley, 1954 (solo); Valley AA (Sayre, PA), 1954 (solo); L"Envoi Gal., San Fran., 1957 (solo); Duveen-Abraham Gal., NYC, 1956-57; Phoenix Gal, NYC, 1957; Bleeker Gal, NYC, 1958; Brata Gal, NYC, 1960, 1963 (solo); Bodley Gal, NYC, 1962 (solo); Allan Stone Gal, NYC, 1962; Avnet Gal, Great Neck, NY, 1967; Staten Island AA, 1969; Princeton AA (NJ), 1972-73; Caravan House, NYC, 1973; Painters & Sculptors Soc of NJ, 1974 (hon men, sculpture), 1979; NAC, 1974, 1979; 47 Bond St. Gal, NYC, 1977; Mushroom Gal, Spokane, WA, 1981; Touchstone Gal, Spokane, 1981; Westside Gal, Spokane, 1983; Spokane Civic Cntr, 1984

Member: San Francisco AA (Artist"s Council, 1957); Staten Island AA, 1969 (juror)

Work: Int'l House, Berkeley (18-ft. mural); Swedish Embassy, NYC; Hirshhorn Mus, Wash, DC (10 drawings)

Comments: An abstract and figurative painter, in 1957 Ashlock left San Francisco for NYC and became friendly with many of the abstract artists of the first generation of the New York School. Around 1980, he returned to the West Coast, eventually re-establishing himself in San Francisco. Some of his large abstract paintings play with illusions of the sea. He also sculpted the female form. Prefered media: oil, acrylic, watercolor, plaster, papier machÈ. Teaching: Calif. Sch. Arts & Crafts, Oakland, 1947-48; Berkeley Eve. Sch., 1947-56; UCal, Berkeley, 1951-56; Calif. Sch. FA, 1955-57; Roslyn (NY) Adult Sch., 1964-65; MoMA Art Center, 1963-70; Princeton AA (NJ), 1970-73; The Artists" Workshop, NY, 1970-77.

Sources: PHF files, info courtesy the artist