Biografie von Frank Ward KENT (1912-1977)

Birth place: Salt Lake City, UT

Addresses: Syracuse, NY; Chapala, Jalisco

Profession: Painter, printmaker, illustrator, teacher, art administrator

Studied: Univ. Utah, 1930; AIC, 1931; ASL, 1931-32; private study in Paris, France, 1934; Syracuse Univ. (B.F.A., 1937; M.F.A., 1938); private study in Mexico, 1946 & 1952.

Exhibited: SFMA, 1934; Springville, UT, 1934-40; Univ. Utah, 1935 (prize), 1936, 1939, 1940; All-Illinois Exh., 1940, 1942; Peoria AL, 1940-43; Syracuse AA, 1945, 1946; Kansas City AI, 1904; Decatur, IL, 1942; Heyburn, Idaho, 1934 (prize); Syracuse Mus. FA, 1944-55 (prize); Rochester Mem. Art Gal., Utica, NY (prize); Pan-Am Union; New Georgetown Gal., Washington, DC; Mexican Embassy, Wash., DC

Member: Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.; Utah Art Colony; Syracuse AA; Syracuse PM; Am. Soc. Appraisers.

Work: Univ. Utah; Heyburn, ID; Iowa State Univ.; Bradley Univ.; Univ. Illinois; AIC; Syracuse Mus. FA

Comments: Positions: dir., publ. program & exhs., Syracuse Univ., 1950-; dir., Crocker Art Gal., Sacramento, 1958-68; fine arts appraiser, researcher, restorer, Hunter Gal., San Francisco, 1968-. Teaching: Bradley Univ., 1938-44; Syracuse Univ., 1944-58; Mexico Art Workshop, 1949-55; Postiano Art Workshop, Italy, 1956.

Sources: WW73; WW47.