Biografie von Herbert Lewis FINK (1921-2006)

Birth place: Providence, RI

Addresses: Carbondale, IL; Lawrence, KS

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Carnegie Inst. Technology, 1941; RISD, B.F.A. 1949; Yale Univ., M.F.A., 1956; ASL; also with John Frazier, Gabor Peterdi, Arshile Gorky & Rico Lebrun.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1950; Am. Color Print Soc., 1959; SAGA, 1959; Art Dirs. Ann., 1959; LOC, 1959; PMA, 1959. Awards: purchase prizes, SAGA, 1959 & LOC, 1959; Guggenheim fellowship, 1965-66

Work: Univ. Michigan; Univ. Iowa; Baltimore Mus. Art; Maryland Inst; Brown Univ.. Commissions: mural, Rhode Island Post Office Lobby, Providence, 1959; metal sculpture, Sen. Green Airport, 1960; arch. screen, Hartford Bank & Trust Bldg.

Comments: Positions: print editor, Int. Graphic Arts Soc.; trustee, Tiffany Foundation. Teaching: instructor painting & drawing, RISD, 1951-61; instructor, Yale Univ., 1956-61; professor art & chmn. dept., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, 1961-.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.