Biografie von Francis DE ERDELY (1904-1959)

Birth place: Budapest, Hungary

Addresses: Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Painter, educator, graphic artist

Studied: Royal Acad. A., Budapest.

Exhibited: Detroit Inst. of Art, 1940-44 (prizes), 1948; PAFA, 1941; Grand Rapids A. Gal., 1942; AIC, 1942-1945, 1952; VMFA, 1942; Scarab Cl., Detroit, 1942 (med), 1943 (med), 1944 (prize); Corcoran Gal, 1943; deYoung Mem. Mus., 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953; Denver A. Mus., 1945 (prize)-1949, 1952 (prize), 1956, 1958; San F. AA, 1945-47, 1949, 1950; CPLH, 1946, 1947; Laguna Beach AA, 1945, 1948, 1956-1958; LACMA, 1944-1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955 (prize), 1957; Cal. WC Soc., 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize),1947, 1949 (prize)-1955, 1956, 1957 (prize),1958; Pepsi-Cola, 1946-1948; Carnegie Inst., 1946-1948; Pasadena Soc. A., 1945,1946 (prize), 1947 (prize), 1948, 1949 (prize)-1951; Los Angeles AA, 1945, 1946, 1950-1955, 1956, 1958; Oakland A. Gal., 1947-1949 (prize), 1950 (prize),1951, 1952, 1953, 1955; Crocker A. Gal., 1948; TMA, 1947-48; Nat. Orange Show, 1949 (prize), 1950 (prize); Arizona State Fair, 1949 (prize); John Herron AI, 1949; Pasadena AI, 1945-46, 1948, 1950, 1953-54; San Diego FA Gal., 1950;Haggin Mem. A. Gal., 1950; Butler AI, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958; MMA, 1952; Audubon A., 1954 (prize), 1955 (prize), 1956-58; SFMA, 1954, 1956; SAM, 1954; Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1955; AWS, 1955, 1956-1958 (prize); Santa Barbara Mus. A., 1955; Calif. State Fair, 1956 (prize) Awards: prizes, Budapest, Hungary, 1925; City of Los Angeles, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1956.

Member: Scarab Cl.; Calif. WCS; Pasadena SA: Pasadena AI; Southern Calif. A. T. Assn.; Am. Assn. Univ. Prof; AWS; Audubon A; Los Angeles AA; All. A. Am.

Work: Detroit Inst. A.; LACMA; deYoung Mem. Mus.; Pasadena AI; Denver A. Mus.; Nat. Gal. of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Oakland A. Gal.; Mus. of Cranbrook Acad. A.; SAM; Univ. Utah; Long Beach A. Mus.; College of So. Utah; Salt Lake City Lib.; Ball State T. Col., and in museums abroad.

Comments: Position: Prof. FA, Univ. Southern Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., 1945-, Pasadena AI, 1945-46.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.