Biografie von Edmund K. YAGHJIAN (1903-1997)

Birth place: Harpoot, Armenia

Addresses: Columbia, SC

Profession: Painter, educator, lecturer, writer

Studied: RISD (BFA); ASL with Stuart Davis; J.R. Frazier; I.G. Olinsky; W. Von Schlegell.

Exhibited: NY World's Fair; San Francisco World's Fair; S. Indp. A., 1932; Carnegie Int., Pittsburgh, PA, 1936; WMAA, 1936,1940-41; MMA, 1941-42; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1937, 1947; PAFA Ann., 1934-53 (7 times); NAD, 1934, 1936; MMA (AV), 1942; Pepsi-Cola, 1944; WMAA, 1936, 1939, 1942; GGE, 1939; CI, 1936, 1941, 1945; Salons of Am.; Univ. South Carolina, 1972 (retrospective)

Member: AFA; College AA; Southeastern College AA (pres.); ASL (life mem.); SC Artists Guild (pres. & founder).

Work: Duke Univ.; Ossining (NY) Mus.; Montpelier (VT) Mus.; numerous H.S. and hospitals; NYU; Jr. H.S. 93, Beth El Hospital, both in NYC; Commerce Bldg., Wash., DC; Newark Educ. Bldg.; Mt. Morris Hospital, Farm Colony Hospital, NY; NYPL; New York Univ.; High Mus. Art, Atlanta, GA; Gibbes Art Mus., Charleston, SC; West Point Mus., NY

Comments: Preferred medium: acrylics. Teaching: ASL, 1938-42; Univ. Missouri, 1944-45; head dept. art, Univ. South Carolina, 1945-66; artist-in-residence, 1966-72; Columbia Mus. Art, 1970s.