Biografie von Kenneth NESS (1903-2004)

Birth place: Saint Ignace, MI

Addresses: Chapel Hill, NC

Profession: Painter, educator, designer

Studied: Univ Detroit, 1923-24; Detroit Sch. Appl. Art, 1924-26; Wicker Sch. Fine Art, 1926-28; AIC (dipl. 1932) with Boris Anisfeldt.

Exhibited: Johnson Gal., Chicago, 1932 (solo); WMAA, 1933, AIC, 1934 (prize), 1935-40; GGE, 1939; Evanston A. Center, 1940; San Diego FA Soc., 1938; CPLH, 1938; SAM, 1938; Dayton AI; Flint Inst. A., 1938; Grand Rapids A. Gal., 1938; Person Hall A. Gal., Chapel Hill, 1941 (solo); Int. Watercolor Exhibs., 1934-39 & Am. Painting Ann., 1935 & 1937, AIC; GGE, 1939; Am. Painting Ann., Butler Inst. Am. Art, 1951; PAFA Ann, 1953-54. Awards: Robert Rice Jenkins Mem. Prize, Chicago Artists Ann., AIC, 1934; purchase award, NC State Art Mus. Ann., 1954.

Member: hon. assoc. NC Chap. Am. Inst. Architects; life fel. Int. Inst. Arts & Lett.

Work: NC State Art Mus., Raleigh; Ackland Art Ctr., Chapel Hill, NC.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Positions: dir., Univ. NC War Art Ctr., Chapel Hill, 1942-44, acting hd. dept. art & acting dir., Person Hall A. Gal., 1944-45, 1955, 1957-58. Teaching: resident artist & assoc. prof., Univ. NC, Chapel Hill, 1941-49, resident artist & prof. art, 1949-70s. Publications: ed., Student Art at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964; producer, "Mona Lisa Rides Again" (film), 1969 & "Art is Where You Mind It" (film), 1971-72.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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