biography of Edward COLKER (1927)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Philadelphia Col Art, grad; New York Univ, grad; spec study with E & J Desjobert, Paris, France.

Exhibited: One-man shows, Amel Gallery, New York, 1965, PAFA, 1968; East Hampton Gallery, New York, 1969 & Hunterdon Art Ctr, N J, 1972; Stampe di due Mondi, Rome, Italy & Philadelphia Mus Art, 1967; American Art Today, PAFA, 1968. Awards: Rosenwald Prizes, Print Club Philadelphia, 1956 & 1963; Guggenheim fel, 1961-1962; Noyes, Coleman Prizes, N J State Mus, 1967 & 1969.

Member: Col Art Asn Am; Am Inst Graphic Arts; Print Coun Am.

Work: Mus Art, Philadelphia; N J State Mus, Trenton; New York Pub Libr Print Collection; MOMA, New York, NY; Nat Mus, Stockholm, Sweden; plus others. Commissions: Lithography ed, Print Club, Philadelphia, 1966 & Int Graphic Art Soc, New York, 1966 & 1969.

Comments: Teaching: Assoc prof fine arts, Univ Pa Grad Sch Fine Arts, 1968-1970; prof & chmn dept art, Univ Ill, Chicago Circle, 1972-. Collections Arranged: Spec Exhibs, Symbol and Vision, Calif Painters & Sculptors, 1970 & Depth and Presence, Environmental Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, DC, 1971.

Sources: WW73; Zigrosser, The Appeal of Prints (Appreciation) (Leary Publ, 1970).

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