biography of Fred LUDEKENS (1900-1982)

Birth place: Hueneme, CA

Death place: San Fran., CA

Addresses: NYC, 1947; Belvedere, CA, 1973

Profession: Painter, iillustrator, designer, teacher

Studied: briefly with O. Shepard; mostly self-taught.

Exhibited: Art Dir. Club, 1931 (prize), 1935 (prize)-36 (prize); Contemp. Am. Illus., Int. Gal., NYC; SFMA, 1941 (solo); Palm Springs Desert Mus., 1978; Mondavi Gal., Napa Valley, 1982 (retrospective)

Member: Soc. Illustrators; Art Dir. Club, NY & San Fran.

Comments: Illustrator: Contributor: Saturday Evening Post, This Week & Fawcett Publ. Teaching: co-founder, chairman of bd. & mem. of faculty, Famous Artists School, Westport, CT.

Sources: WW73; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists in California, 345.