biographie de Jared FRENCH (1905-1988)

Birth place: Ossining, NY

Addresses: NYC; Rome, Italy

Profession: Painter, sculptor, drawing specialist, etcher

Studied: Amherst College, B.A.; ASL with B. Robinson.

Exhibited: Chicago AC; Corcoran Gal., 1935; PAFA, 1939, 1943; AIC; SFMA; NAD; Carnegie Inst.; Rochester Mus., NY, 1964 (Realism Show); Banfer Gallery, NYC, 1968-69 (solos); MoMA (Magic Realism Show & 20th Century Portraits Show); WMAA; NY Cultural Center, 1972. Awards: NIAL award, 1967.

Member: ASL.

Work: WMAA; Baltimore Mus. Art; Baseball Mus., Cooperstown, NY; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. WPA murals: U.S. Post Office, Richmond, VA (Cavalry Fording Stream); Coxsachie, New York (food murals); USPO, Plymouth, PA.

Comments: Magic Realist figurative painter in egg tempera.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Wechsler, 38; Falk, Exh. Record Series.