biografía de Carl WUERMER (1900-1982)

Lugar de nacimiento: Munich, Germany

Lugar de defunción: Woodstock, NY?

Direcciones: NYC, Woodstock, NY

Profesión: Painter, etcher, fine art appraiser

Estudios: AIC, 1920-24; W.J. Reynolds; ASL

Exposiciones: S. Indp. A., 1924; Anderson Gal., Chicago, 1925 (solo), 1926 (solo); AIC, 1926 (prize), 1927 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1927-29, 1931-35; NAD, 1928 (J. Francis Murphy Mem. prize); Springfield (MA) Art Lg., 1928 (prize); Salons of Am., 1929; Grand Central Art Gal., 1929 (prize), 1930 (solo), 1934 (solo), 1938 (solo), 1943 (solo),1945 (prize); O'Brien Art Gal., Chicago, 1931 (solo); Am. Painting & Sculpture; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1928-32 (3 times); Buck Hill Falls (PA) AA, 1943 (prize); Painting In U.S., Carnegie Inst., 1946-49 (Popular Vote Prize); Allied Artists Am. 58th Ann., 1971(hon. men.); Fifth Ann. Painting & Sculpture, Grover M. Hermann Fine AC, Marietta, OH, 1972.

Asociaciones: Grand Central Art Gal.; Allied Artists Am.; Artists Fellow (pres., 1957-59); Hudson Valley AA; Springfield AL; Illinois Acad. FA; CAFA; Woodstock AA

Obra: Amherst College; High Mus. Art, Atlanta, GA; IBM Corp. Art Collection, Endicott, NY; Encycopedial Britannica Collection Am. Art; Royal Globe Ins. Co., London, England; Syracuse Univ. Art Collection, NY.

Comentarios: Immigrated to Chicago in 1915. Preferred media: oils. He used a technique similar to French pointillism. Research: for the appraisal of the Frick Collection, New York, High Museum of Art Collection, Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Collection, Wilmington, DE and others. Woodstock Art Association gives year of death as 1981.

Fuentes: WW73; G. Pagano, The Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of American painting (1946); WW47; Woodstock AA cites death date of 1981; Falk, Exh. Record Series.