Biografie von Arthur W. PALMER (1913-1982)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Death place: Woodacre (Marin County), CA

Addresses: Woodacre, CA

Profession: Painter, etcher, teacher, craftsperson

Studied: Chouinard AI; F. Tolles Chamberlin.

Exhibited: Los Angeles County Fair, 1933; San Diego FA Soc., 1934; Los Angeles AA, 1934 (prize); PAFA, 1933, 1935-36; P&S Los Angeles, 1935-37; Pasadena SA, 1935, 1938; LACMA, 1935; Miss. AA, 1944; AWCS, 1944; Oakland Art Gal., 1944; AWCS, 1944; Oakland Art Gal., 1944; Portland (OR) Mus. Art, 1944; Terry AI, 1952; Bohemian Club, 1952-1958; Marin Art & Garden Show, 1955-1958; deYoung Mem. Mus., 1956.

Member: Marin Soc. Art; Soc. Western Artists; Pasadena Soc. Art; Bohemian Club, San Fran.

Work: portraits, Stanford Lane Hospital, Univ. Calif. Medical Sch., Univ. Calif. Dental College, Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, all in San Franc.; Evanston (IL) Hospital; Tulane Univ.; Bohemian Club

Comments: Positions: supervisor, effects animator, Walt Disney Studios, 1935-41. Teaching: Calif. College Arts & Crafts, 1952-53.

Sources: WW59; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 420.