biografía de George Jo MESS (1898-1962)

Lugar de nacimiento: Cincinnati, OH

Lugar de defunción: Mundelein, IL

Direcciones: Indianapolis, IN

Profesión: Painter, etcher, teacher, designer, lithographer, lecturer

Estudios: John Herron AI; Butler Univ.; Columbia Univ.; Inst. Mod. Des., Chicago; France; A. Forsyth.

Exposiciones: PAFA Ann., 1932; PAFA, 1940,1943-45; AIC,1938; Hoosier Salon, 1936-58 (prizes,1936, 1938, 1941, 1943-46, 1949, 1952, 1954-58); Herron AI, 1931 (prize); LOC, 1945 (prize); Indiana AC, prizes in 1944-46, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955-56, & 1958-60; Indiana State Fair, prizes in 1932-33, 1936, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, (3 times winner, Cunningham prize for Etchings), 1959; CI, 1930; Wash. WCC; SAGA, 1935-37, 1939-46, 1949-58; NAD, 1936-38, 1940, 1942-46; MMA, 1943, 1952, 1955, Herron AI, 1941-48, 1950-58 (prize, 1952, 1954); Indiana Soc. PM, 1936-46, 1948 (prize), 1950 (prize); Ohio PM, 1940-58; Indiana Art Cl., 1944-45, 1948, 1951; Chicago SE, 1940-58 (prizes, 1952, 1956); LOC, 1943-50, 1952-58; Glendale-Herron Exh., 1959-61 (prizes); Int. Art Expo, Paris; 100 Am. Prints, Rome, Nat. Mus., Stockholm.

Asociaciones: SAGA; Chicago SE; Indiana SE; Ohio SE; Wash. WCC; Indiana AC; Brown County AA;Indiana Soc. PM; Phila. SE; Wash. WCC; AG, Tiffany Found.

Obra: LOC (Pennell Print Purchase); Herron AI; Grand Rapids Art Gal.; CMA; Indianapolis Pub. Sch.; Smithsonian; MMA; Dayton AI; Princeton Univ., De Pauw Univ.; South Bend Mus. Art

Comentarios: Illustr.: Hoosier City,1943; Living in Indiana, 1946. Lectures: How to Make an Etching. Contrib.: art magazines. Positions: staff artist, Esquire. Teaching: Indiana Univ., Indianapolis, 1948-62; John Herron AI, Indianapolis, summer, 1955-56. White gives year of death as 1968.

Fuentes: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.