Biografie von Larissa Geiss OSBY (1928-2017)

Birth place: Artemowsk, Russia

Addresses: Valencia, PA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Lyceum & Univ. Goettingen, Ger.; Univ. Munich; Acad Fine Arts, Munich, Ger.

Exhibited: solo shows, Pittsburgh Plan for Art Gal., 1963, 1968 & 1971; Walker Art Ctr. Biennial, Minneapolis, Minn., 1966; Pennsylvania 1971, William Penn Mem. Mus., Harrisburg, Pa., 1971; solo show, Carnegie Inst. Mus. Art, Pittsburgh, 1972. Awards: jury award of distinction, Mainstreams Int., 1968; first prize, Pittsburgh WC Soc., 1968; jury award of distinction, Assoc. Artists of Pittsburgh Ann., 1969.

Member: Arts & Crafts Ctr. Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Plan for Art; Assoc. Artists of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh WC Soc.; Group A.

Work: Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Univ. Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Bd. Educ.; Westinghouse Electric Corp. Collection; US Steel Corp. Collection. Commissions: Koppers Co & First Fed. Savings & Loan Assn., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1972.

Sources: WW73