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sn#132719 filedate 1974-11-21 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100 Edith Smith 3732 Laguna Ave.
00200 Palo Alto, Calif. 94306
00300 (4l5)493-9386
00400
00500 B.A. and M.A. in Art, University of California, Berkeley. Ann Brenner
00600 Memorial Fellowship in Art. President, Delta Epsilon, Art Honor Society
00700 and Pi Lambda Theta, Education Honor Society. Studies at Calif. College
00800 of Arts and Crafts and at l'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris.
00900 Studies in etching and lithography with Richard Graff, S.F. Art Institute,
01000 1968-70. Studies of all gravure techniques, Atelier Calevaert-Brun,
01100 Paris, 1972, 1974.
01200
01300
01400 One Person Shows of Paintings and Graphics:
01500
01600 Daliel's Gallery, Berkeley, 1948
01700 Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris, 1949
01800 Y.M.H.A., New York City, 1950
01900 Oakland Art Museum, 1952
02000 Baldwin Kingrey, Chicago, 1955
02100 Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, 1956
02200 Artists' Gallery, New York City, 1954 and 1957
02300 Gallery House, Palo Alto, 1968 and 1971
02400 Jason Aver Gallery, San Francisco, 1971
02500 Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, 1974
02600
02700
02800 Paintings and Graphics in Group Exhibits:
02900
03000 San Francisco Museum of Art
03100 De Young Museum
03200 California Palace of the Legion of Honor
03300 Oakland Art Museum
03400 Richmond Art Center
03500 Landau Gallery, Los Angeles: "Six California Painters"
03600 Galerie St. Placide, Paris: With Roland Chevanon
03700 University of Wisconsin
03800 University of Illinois:"American Painting & Sculpture," l955 & l957
03900 Denver Art Museum: "Western Painters Invitational"
04000 Art Institute of Chicago: "Painters of Chicago and Vicinity."
04100 Painting selected from this show by the U.S. State Department
04200 to tour France and Germany for two years.
04300 Kootz Gallery, New York City: "New Talent", selected by Clement Greenberg.
04400 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City: "Annual Exhibition of
04500 Watercolor and Sculpture"
04600 Galerie Rene Breheret, Paris, 1972 (etchings)
04700 University of Nevada: Art Festival, 1973
04800 De Anza College, 1974
04900 etc.
05000
05100
05200 Teaching Experience:
05300
05400 Lecturer, Department of Decorative Art, University of California,
05500 Berkeley -- taught design and color theory.
05600 Lecturer, University College and Department of Humanities, University
05700 of Chicago -- taught art appreciation and art history.
05800 Instructor, Art Institute of Chicago, Education Department -- seminars
05900 on contemporary art.
06000 Instructor, Y.M.H.A., 92nd and Lexington, New York City -- taught
06100 painting and drawing.
06200 Present position, beginning in 1972: Instructor, Department of Fine and
06300 Applied Arts, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, Calif. -- teaching
06400 printmaking. Specializing in etching and related intaglio techniques;
06500 mezzotint; photo etching; combined photo-intaglio and hand techniques,
06600 with 4 and 5 color plates in registration; letterpress printing in
06700 combination with intaglio; and computer graphics in color. Also
06800 proficient at managing a print shop -- supplies, safety, etc.
06900
07000
07100 Works in Private Collections:
07200
07300 Mr. Albert Dorne, New York City
07400 Mme. Lilly Dache, New York City
07500 Mr. Harry Lachritz, Chicago
07600 Caius College, Cambridge University, England
07700 Mrs. Jerd Sullivan, San Francisco
07800 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kirchner, Cambridge, Mass.
07900 Mr. and Mrs. John Shlein, Cambridge, Mass.
08000 Dr. Morse Shapiro, Los Angeles; etc.
08100
08200
08300 Article: "Emotion and Expressionism in American Painting", Chicago Review
08400 Drawings published in ZERO, Literary Quarterly, Paris.
08500 Commission: Stained Glass Windows, Eden Hospital, Castro Valley, Calif.
08600
08700
08800 References:
08900
09000 Gordon Holler, Professor of Fine and Applied Arts, Foothill College,
09100 Los Altos Hills, Calif., 94022
09200 Fred Critchfield, Associate Dean of Continuing Education, Foothill
09300 College, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 94022
09400 John McNee, Professor of Art, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle
09500 Campus, Chicago, Ill.
09600 Edmonde Calevaert-Brun, Atelier de Gravure, 147 rue Leon E. Nordmann,
09700 75013 Paris, France
09800 Bella Feldman, Professor of Art, California College of Arts and Crafts,
09900 Broadway at College, Oakland, Calif.