biographie de David PORTER (1912-2005)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Wainscott, NY; NYC, 1951

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Exhibited: WMAA, 1951; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1959; "Editions in Plastic," Jewish Mus., NYC, 1969; Outdoor Sculpture, Artists of the Region, Guild Hall, NY, 1970; "Artists at Dartmouth," City Hall, Boston, Mass., 1971; Hemisphere Cl., Time-Life Bldg., NYC, 1971; Artists of Suffolk County, Part V, New Directions, Heckscher Mus., Huntington, NY, 1971. Awards: gold medal of Pres. Gronchi of Italy, Sassoferrato, Italy, 1961; Beaux Arts Award in painting, Beaux Arts Cl., 1969; grant, NIAL, 1970.

Work: WMAA; Miami-MoMA; Chrysler Art Mus.; Norfolk Mus. Arts & Sci.; Parish Art Mus., Southampton.

Comments: Author: "Why I Ran Away," Am Weekly (July, 1960). Teaching: artist-in-residence, Dartmouth Col., 1964-65; artist-in-residence, Cooper Union, 1967-68; lecturer, Corcoran Gal., 1968-69.

Sources: WW73; Today's Living," New York Herald Tribune, 1956; "The making of a construction" (TV film interview), Voice Am., 1957; articles on work in newspapers in Norway & Sweden, 1960."