biographie de Gladys Noble WAGNER (1907-1987)

Birth place: Pennsylvania

Addresses: Cheltenham, PA

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Temple Univ. Tyler Sch. Art (B.F.A.; M.F.A., 1959)

Exhibited: Phila. Print Club, 1969; Nat. Print & Watercolor Exh., PAFA, 1969; New York State Fair, Syracuse, 1969; PMA, 1970; Cheltenham AC Tenth Ann. Regional Sculpture Exh., Phila. Civic Center, 1971. Awards: Tyler alumni award, 1968 & 1970, Temple Univ.; first Addie Rubin Mem. Award, 22nd ann. award exh., 1969 & print exh. award, 1971, Cheltenham AC.

Member: PAFA; Phila. Print Club; MoMA; Phila. MA; Peale Club, Phila.

Work: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Attorneys, Phila.

Comments: Preferred media: stainless steel. Positions: co-founder/director educ., Cheltenham Sch. Fine Arts, Cheltenham Township Art Centre, 1940-, pres., 1941-42, chmn. board governors, 1942-43, established Aegean Sch. Fine Arts, Greece; council member, Expo Art & Technology, 1967; council member, Penn. Art Educ. Assn., 1969; director, art tours abroad, 1963 & 1966. Teaching: instructor of art & philosophy, 1951-56; art instructor, Oak Lane Co. Day Sch., Temple Univ. 1959-60, instructor of art educ., univ., 1960-65, instructor of art educ., elem. educ. teachers for state cert., 1962-63; instructor of philosophy of art educ., Cheltenham Township AC, 1961-, instructor of painting & sculpture, 1962-. Research: nature of a meaningful art education course for elementary education student teachers.