biography of Felix RUVOLO (1912-1992)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Chicago, IL, 1940s; Berkeley, CA

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: AIC; Catania, Sicily; UCal Berkeley (M.F.A.)

Exhibited: WMAA, 1944-52; VMFA, 1942, 1944 (prize), 1946; CI, 1941, 1943-45; PAFA Ann., 1942-52 (7 times); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1939-47 (4 times); AIC, 1938-45, 1942 (prize), 1947 (prize); SFMA, 1942 (prize), 1944, 1945 (prize), 1946, 1964 (award); Milwaukee AI, 1946 (med); San Fran, 1946 (med); Abstr & Surealist Art Am., Mus. Art, NYC, 1951; 60 Americans--1960, Walker Art Ctr., 1960; Invitational Am. Drawing, Moore Col. Art Gal., Phila., Pa, 1968; Drawings 1969, Ithaca Col. Art Gal., NY, 1969; Am. Drawing & Sculpture, 1948-69, Krannert Art Mus., 1971. Awards: Hall of Justice Competition Award, San Francisco Art Comm., 1967; grants, Univ. Calif. Inst. Creative Arts, 1964 & 1971.

Work: Krannert Art Mus., Univ. Ill., Urbana; AIC; Walker Art Ctr., Minneapolis; Oakland Mus., Calif. Commissions: colored lithograph, Collectors Press, 1967.

Comments: Teaching: AIC, 1944-48; UCal Berkeley, 1950-70s; Univ Southern Calif, summer 1963.

Sources: WW73; WW47; K. Kuli, Felix Ruvolo," Mag Art (1947) & "Painters Who Teach," Pictorial Living (1959); N. Pousette-Dart, American Painting Today (Hastings, 1957); Falk, Exh. Record Series.