Biografie von Yolande JACOBSON (1921)

Birth place: Norman, OK

Addresses: Reno, NV

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Univ. Okla. (B.F.A.); also study in Norway, France & Mex.

Exhibited: Denver Mus. Art, 1941 (award); Mid-West Ann., Kansas City, 1941 (award), 1951; Okla. Ann., Tulsa, 1942-45; Oakland Mus. Art, 1956; Silver Centennial, Virginia City, Nev, 1961(award)

Work: Gilcrease Mus. Art, Tulsa, Okla.; Jacobsen Mus. Art, Norman; State Hist. Soc., Reno, Nev.; Hist. Mus., Carson City, Nev. Commissions: Sen. Patrick McCarran (bronze statue), Statuary Hall, Wash., DC, 1961; President's portrait bust, Univ. Nev., Reno, 1962; bronze sculpture, Governor's Mansion, Carson City, 1965.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze, wood. Positions: asst. ed. & bk. des., Univ. Nev. Press, 1963-66.