biographie de Michael G.Jr. OWEN (1915-1976)

Birth place: Dallas, TX

Addresses: Greenbelt, MD

Profession: Sculptor, painter, craftsperson, illustrator

Studied: Dallas AI, 1932-35, with Jerry Bywaters; NYC.

Exhibited: Dallas Mus. FA, 1937 (prize); Kansas City AI, 1938; Soc. Wash. Artists, 1944; Times-Herald Art Fair, 1944; BMA, 1945.

Member: Soc. Wash. Artists.

Comments: Specialty: animals, although his best known work of the 1930s and 1940s is his portrait of Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, 1943. After WWII, Owen contracted a disease which affected his vision. Illustr.: U.S. Navy, WWII. Position: staff artist, CCC, Uvalde, 1934; des., Southern Potteries, Dallas.

Sources: WW47; Stewart, Lone Star Regionalism, 183-84 (w/repros.)