Biografie von Andreas Storrs ANDERSEN (1908-1974)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Tucson, AZ, 1935-62; Los Angeles, CA (1962-on)

Profession: Educator, portrait painter

Studied: Carnegie-Mellon Univ.; Brit. Acad. Fine Arts, Rome, Italy, dipl.; Acad. Belli Arti, Rome; AIC.

Exhibited: GGE, 1939; N.Y. Mun. Lg.; Ariz State Mus.; MMA; WMAA; CGA; M H De Young Mem Mus, San Francisco, Calif.; Tucson Art Ctr., Ariz. Awards: Hon award, IBM Corp, 1940.

Member: Ariz. Soc. P. & S.; Palette & Brush Cl.; Nat Assn. Schs. Art; Nat. Art Educ. Assn.; Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.

Work: IBM Corp.; Univ. Ariz.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics. Positions: pres. emeritus, Tucson Art Cntr.; dir., Univ. Ariz. Art Gallery, 1949-56. Teaching: prof. art, Univ. Ariz., 1935-62, head art dept., 1940-62; pres. & prof. art, Otis AI, 1962-. Publications: art ed, Signs and Symbols in Christian Art, 1954.

Sources: WW73; WW47.