biographie de Leon Kirkman AMYX (1908-1995)

Birth place: Visalia, CA

Addresses: Salinas, CA through at least 1959; Georgetown, CA, as of 1989

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: San Jose State Col., A.B.; Claremont Col., M.A.; Cal. Col. A. & Crafts.

Exhibited: San F. AA. 1933, 1939-1944; AWCS, 1943; NAD, San Diego FA Soc., 1941; Oakland A. Gal., 1933-1945 (med.); SFMA, 1944 (prize); Cal. WC Soc., 1945-1954; Monterey County Fair, 1949 (prize); LACMA; SFMA; Riverside Mus.; Crocker A. Gal., Sacramento, Cal.

Member: Cal. WC Soc.; San F. AA; Carmel AA.

Comments: Position: instr., History & Painting, Hartnell Col., Salinas, Cal.; painting & art edu., Sacramento State Col., 1949-52 and San Jose State Col., 1953, 1955, 1956 (summers).

Sources: WW59; WW47; Hughes, Artists in California.