biographie de Bill PARKER (1922-2009)

Birth place: Josephine, TX

Addresses: Paris 15, France

Profession: Painter

Studied: San Fran. Sch. FA; Acad. Grande Chaumière, Paris, France; Fred Hocks, La Jolla, CA & Hans Hoffman, NYC

Exhibited: "Five American Painters," Stedelijk Mus., Amsterdam, 1955; Salon Mai, Paris, 1956; Nat. Exh. Contemp. Am. P&S, Univ. Illinois, 1957; Summer Arts Festival Int .Exh., Univ. Maine, 1963; Chase Gal., NYC, 1970s. Awards: Burhle Prize, Gal. Kaganovitch, Paris, 1952.

Work: MOMA, Paris; Stedelijk Mus., Amsterdam; WMAA; Moscow Mus., USSR; Univ. Maine, Orono Art Coll.

Comments: Preferred Mmedium: acrylics.

Sources: WW73; R. Nacenta, School of Paris (New York Graphic Soc., 1957); L. Durand, article, Newsweek (March 31, 1958); Y. Taillandier, "American in Paris," Connaissance Arts (March, 1958).