Biografie von Richard ZOELLNER (1908-2003)

Birth place: Portsmouth, OH

Addresses: Cincinnati, OH (1940); Tuscaloosa, AL (1947)

Profession: Printmaker, painter, mural painter, portrait painter, teacher

Studied: Cincinnati Art Acad; Tiffany Found.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1934-52 (4 times); Indiana Soc. PM, 1944 (prize); Northwest PM, 1945 (prize); Alabama AL, 1945 (prize); Alabama WCS, 1946 (prize); Birmingham AC (prize); LOC, 1943, 1945; AIC, 1941; 1942; WFNY, 1939; SAM, 1944; SFMA, 1944; Dayton AI, 1942, 1943; CM, 1941-43; Intermont College, WV, 1944; SSAL, 1945; First & Fifth Nat. Print Ann., Brooklyn Mus, 1948 & 1953; Birmingham Festival Arts, Birmingham (AL) Mus. Art, 1963; Am. Color Print Soc., Phila., 1963; 18th Ann. Piedmont Graphic Exh., Mint Mus., Charlotte, NC, 1971; Franz Bader Gal., Wash., DC. Awards: Ann. Arts Club Print Exh., Auburn Univ., 1966; award for Images on Paper, Mississippi AA, 1971; award, 13th Dixie Ann., Montgomery Mus. FA, 1972

Member: Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; SAGA; Am. Color Print Soc.

Work: murals, Univ. School, Cincinnati; U.S. Govt.; Reptile House, Zoo, Cincinnati, Community Bldg., Greenhills, Cincinnati; USPO, Hamilton, OH; Portsmouth, OH; Cleveland; Medina, OH; Georgestown, OH; oil paintings, Gov. House, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; MoMA, ; PMA; BM; PAFA; Andover (MA) Mus. Am. Art

Comments: WPA artist. Preferred media: intaglio. Teaching: Cincinnati Art Mus , 1945-48; Univ. Alabama, 1948-; visiting artist, May Washington College, 1951, Univ. Mississippi, 1952-53 & Univ. Florida, 1953-54.

Sources: WW73; WW40; WW47.