Biografie von John Nathaniel FENTON (1912-1977)

Birth place: Mountaindale, NY

Addresses: Woodstock, NY

Profession: Painter, etcher

Studied: ASL with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Allen Lewis, and Samuel Adler.

Exhibited: Babcock Gal., 1955 (first solo), 1858-64 (6 solos); Columbus MFA, 1958; Butler IA, 1958; Illinois Wesleyan Univ., 1958; AIC, 1961; Audubon Artists, 1961; MoMA; AIC; Corcoran Biennial, 1959; PAFA; Main Gal., and Phoebe-Belmont Towbin Wing, Woodstock, NY, 1996 (retrospective); Panamian Inst. Art; Silvermine Guild; Miami MoMA. Awards: Joseph Isador Gold Medal, NAD, 1958; Hassam Purchase Prize, Am. Acad. Arts & Letters, 1958; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, NY, 1968 (award).

Member: Woodstock AA

Work: BM; NYPL; Pratt Contemporary Print Center; Miami MoMA; Mus. Panama. Commissions: ed. of prints, Assoc. Am. Artists; Woodstock AA

Comments: Positions: creator, film short on Poe's, The Black Cat," shown theatres throughout US & invited for showing, Cannes Film Festival, 1961. Teaching: adult educ., New York Univ.; Goddard College; adult educ. program, Scarsdale H.S., NY.

Sources: WW73; addit. info. courtesy Woodstock AA"