Biografie von Sarkis SARKISIAN (1909-1977)

Birth place: Smyrna, Turkey

Addresses: Detroit, MI

Profession: Painter, drawing specialist, teacher

Studied: John P. Wicker Art Sch.; Art Sch. Soc. Art & Crafts with John Carroll.

Exhibited: AIC, 1931-43; S. Indp. A., 1931; PAFA Ann., 1934-36, 1947-51, 1958-60; Mich. Ar. Ann., 1937 (prize); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1935-55 (5 times); Art Founders Soc., 1938 (prize); Detroit Inst. A. (three Art Founder's Prizes); Am. Div. Golden Gate Expo, 1939; Univ. Mich., Ann Arbor (award); Butler Inst. Am. Art (award); MoMA; CI; Wayne State Univ; Henry Ford Community Col; Women's City Cl., Detroit; Detroit Artists Market and Arwin Gal., Detroit, 1970s.

Member: Art Founder's Soc. & Friends Mod. Art, Detroit Inst. Arts; Scarab Cl.

Work: murals, Julie Shop, Inc., Detroit; Fisher Bldg., Detroit; Detroit Inst. A.; Butler Inst. Am. Art. Commissions: mosaic tile, "Map of the World," Ford Admin. Bldg., Dearborn, Mich.; reredos & 16 other religious paintings, Church of Incarnation, Detroit, 1941; portrait of Gen. Calladay, Flint Armory, Mich.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, mixed media. Teaching: Art Sch. Soc. Arts & Crafts, Detroit, 1933-66.

Sources: WW73; WW40; Morley Driver, Sarkis, the Grand old Man of Detroit's Art World," Detroit Mag. (Dec. 26, 1965); Joy Hakanson, "His Eyesight is Limited but not His Vision," Sun. Mag., Detroit News, Mar. 26, 1972; Falk, Exh. Record Series.