Biografie von Fred (Robert) MEYER (?-1986)

Birth place: Oshkosh, WI

Addresses: Scottsville, NY

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: Univ. Wisc.; Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Admin.; Cranbrook Acad. Art (B.F.A. & M.F.A.)

Exhibited: AIC, 1949; WMAA, 1952; Midtown Gals., NYC, 1947-48 (solo) & 1969 (solo), 1970s; PAFA Ann., 1962; Phila. Art All., 1964 (solo); Everson Mus., Syracuse, NY, 1965 (solo); Scripps College Ceramic Invitational, 1966; Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour, 1968. Awards: Ford Found. fellowship, 1955; Carborundum Award, Western NY State Exh., 1964.

Member: Nat. Soc. Interior Designers.

Work: NY State Theatre, Lincoln Center Performing Arts; Everson Mus., Syracuse, NY; Munson, Williams, Proctor Inst., Utica, NY; Cranbrook Mus., Bloomfield Hills, MI; Little Rock (AR) Mus. Art. Commissions: murals, Schrafft's Motor Inn, Binghamton, NY, 1958, Exec. Motel, Buffalo, NY, 1959 & Holiday Inn, Niagara Falls, NY, 1960; two bronze sculptural groups, Lazarus Mall, Columbus, OH, 1967; two murals, Sarah Coventry Int. Hdqtrs., Newark, NJ, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze, gouache. Auth.: Sculpture in Ceramic, Watson-Guptil, 1971. Teaching: College Fine & Applied Arts, Rochester Inst. Tech., 1955-.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.