biografía de William Berry I SCHIMMEL (1906-1986)

Lugar de nacimiento: Olean, NY

Lugar de defunción: Tucson, AZ

Direcciones: Scottsdale, AZ; Paradise Valley, AZ (1976)

Profesión: Painter, lecturer, illustrator, writer, teacher

Estudios: Rutgers Univ.; Maryland Inst. Art, Baltimore; NAD; Gerry Peirce; Roy Mason.

Exposiciones: NAD (Ann. Watercolor Exh., three years); AWCS (eight years; Emily Goldsmith Award, 1970); Butler Inst. Am. Art, Youngstown, OH; Arizona State Fair (eight Valley Nat. Bank Purchase Awards); Buck Saunders Gal, Scottsdale, AZ (1970s).

Asociaciones: AWCS; AAPL; Nat. Arts Club NY; Int. Inst. Arts & Letters.

Obra: Phoenix FA Mus.; Cincinnati Mus. FA; Univ. Mus., Univ. North Carolina; Phoenix Pub. Lib.; Nat. Casualty Life Ins. Bldg., Phoenix.

Comentarios: Preferred media: watercolors, oils. Positions: art dir., Benton & Bowles, NYC, 1935-38. Auth.:Watercolor, the Happy Medium," Macmillan, 1958. Teaching: Seattle (WA) AA; Fort Worth (TX) Pub. School System; School Mines, Brainerd, MN; Flagstaff (AZ) AA; Tucson (AZ) Watercolor Guild; Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus.; Gerry Peirce Watercolor Sch.; also private classes in Denver & Estes Park, CO, Jackson, WY, Prescott & Phoenix, AZ.

Fuentes: WW73; P&H Samuels, 424; death date courtesy Wayne Kielsmeier, Tucson, AZ"