Biografie von Helen Gapen OEHLER (1893-1979)

Birth place: Ottawa, IL

Addresses: Chicago, IL; Westwood NJ; Carmel, CA

Profession: Painter, lecturer, teacher

Studied: AIC (honor grad.); Elmer Browne, Provincetown & NYC

Exhibited: Ridgewood AA, 1935, 1939 (prize); S.Indp. A., 1926-38, 1943; Salon d'Automne, 1938; Salon des Artistes Français, 1939; WFNY, 1939; Dayton AI; Newark Mus.; NJ State Mus.; Montclair AM; NAD, 1939, 1941, 1943; AFA traveling exh., 1942; Pepsi-Cola, 1945; Audubon Artists, 1953-61; All. Artists Am.; Mill Valley, CA, 1954 (solo); Soc. Western Artists, 1968 (degree of honor); five exhs., de Young Mus., San Fran., 1962-72 (Award for September, Flax Mase, 1966); Northern Calif. Painting Comp., 1972 (award).

Member: Allied Artists Am.; AWCS (bd. control, 1944-); NAWA; Audubon Artists; Lg. Am. Pen Women; NJWCS; New Jersey P&S; Ridgewood AA (pres., 1946-48); NYC Soc. Indep. Artists; Provincetown AA; AAPL (NJ State pres., 1946-48; nat. dir., Am. Art Week, 1948-49; nat. secy., 1950-51); Soc. Western Artists; Century Travel Club.

Work: Ryerson Lib., AIC; Chrysler AM, Provincetown.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Teaching: AIC, 1914-15; grade & high schools, Dixon, IL, 1915-18; high school, Evanston, IL, 1918-20. Positions: dir., Art Council NJ, 1941-52; chmn., Artist Assoc. Gal., Mill Valley, CA, 1958-62. Publications: art ed., Pen Women, 1951.

Sources: WW73; WW47.