biografía de Ralph N. HURST (1918-2003)

Lugar de nacimiento: Decatur, IN

Direcciones: Tallahassee, FL

Profesión: Sculptor, educator

Estudios: Ind. Univ., Bloomington (B.S. & M.F.A.); Ogunquit Sch. Painting & Sculpture, Maine, with Robert Laurent; Fla. State Univ. faculty res. grant, summer 1961; instrnl. grant, summer 1967; faculty develop. grant in Italy, 1971.

Exposiciones: Am Sculpture 1951, MMA, 1951; Contemp. Sculptors Drawings, Ohio State Univ., 1954; Art USA, Madison Square Garden, NYC, 1958; Nat. Liturgical Art Exhib., San Fran., Calif., 1960; Southeastern Art Exhib., High Mus., Atlanta, Ga., 1967; Harmon Gallery, Naples, FL, 1970s. Awards: Purchase award, Assoc. Fla. Architects Art Exhib., Jacksonville, Fla., 1959; Ball Gallery Award, Nat. Small Sculpture Exhib., Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind., 1960; community purchase award, Mobile Art Gallery, Ala, 1971.

Asociaciones: Nat. Art Educ. Assn.; Am. Craftsmen.

Obra: Evansville Mus. Arts & Sci., Ind.; Columbus Mus. Arts & Crafts, Ga.; Mobile Art Assn. Gallery, Ala.; Gulf Life Ins. Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; LeMoyne Art Found. Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla. Commissions: relief sculpture, Fla. State Univ. Col. Educ., 1957; wall relief sculptures (with Leon Mead), Fla. State Univ. Union Bldg., Tallahassee, 1963; sculpture-Madonna, St. Thomas Moore Cath. Church, Tallahassee, 1971.

Comentarios: Positions: cur., Mus. Art of Ogunquit, summer 1953; Le Moyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL. Teaching: prof. art educ. & construct. design, Fla. State Univ., 1953-.