Biografie von William Alfred KING (1925)

Birth place: Tulsa, OK

Addresses: Green Bay, WI

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Univ. Tulsa (B.A. & M.A.); Okla. State Univ.; 1st Statale Arte, Florence, Italy; Univ. Int. Arte, Florence.

Exhibited: Gal. Dom, Frankfurt, Ger., 1957 (solo); Vrije Acad, Amsterdam, 1959 (solo); Galleria Vigna Nuova, Florence, 1964 (solo); Univ. Wis.-Madison, 1964 (solo); Univ. Erlangen, 1958. Awards: Ten Best Award, Painters in Wis., Marquette Univ., 1968.

Member: Col. Art Assn. Am.; Midwest Col. Art Conf.

Work: Univ. Wis.-Green Bay; Univ. Tulsa, Okla.; Volkshochschule, Erlangen, Ger.; US Consulate, Stuttgart, Ger.; Vrije Acad., Amsterdam, Holland.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Positions: dir. arts & crafts, USA, Ger. & Italy, 1956-64. Teaching: assoc. prof. painting & cur. art, Univ. Wis.-Green Bay, 1964-. Collections arranged: four nat. invitational exhibs., 1968-. Publications: auth., "Toward Design in the Vernacular," Transactions (1969); auth., "The Museum as Anti- Environment," Univ. of Wisc. monogr. art educ., 1972.