biographie de Iver ROSE (1899-1972)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: NYC, 1923-29; Chcago, 1930-55; Springfield, MA/Rockport, MA, 1955-72

Profession: Painter, lithographer

Studied: Hull House, Chicago; AIC; Cincinnati Acad. A., 1918-22

Exhibited: MMA; Carnegie Inst.; AIC; PAFA Ann., 1935-53 (10 times); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1943, 1953; Clearwater Mus. A.; BMA; Univ. Nebraska; Springfield A. Mus.; CMA; AFA traveling exh.; Montclair A. Mus.; VMFA; DePauw Univ.; Nelson Gal. A.; Kansas City AI; Dayton AI; Joslyn A. Mus.; Univ. Illinois; NAD (purchase prize, 1959); Audubon A, 1950 (prize), 1953 (prize).; All. A. Am.; Milch Gal., 1949-52; MoMA traveling exh., 1954-55; solo; Kleeman Gal.; Schneider-Gabriel Gal.; Kraushaar Gal., 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949; Oehlschlaeger Gal., Chicago, 1953-76. Other awards: Rockport AA, 1944 (prize), 1955 (prize), 1961 (prize), 1963 (prize),1964 (gold medal)

Member: Audubon A.; All. A. Am.; Am. A. Cong; Rockport AA.

Work: Chicago Pub. Lib (Alice in Wonderland paintings, various branches); Munroe (NY) and Jefferson (NY) high schools; Walker A. Center; Cranbrook Acad. A.; AGAA; Univ. Georgia; Des Moines A. Center; Phila. A. All.; San Diego FA Gal.; Witte Mem. Mus.; Am. Acad. A. & Let.; Birmingham Mus. A.; Hassam Fund; Mus. of the New Britain Inst.; Parrish Mus., Southampton, LI; San Angelo A. Lg.; Encyclopaedia Britannica; NAD; Springfield (Mass.) Mus. A.

Comments: Began as a commercial artist in NYC during the 1920s; moved to Chicago in 1930 and became a fine artist. His primary subjects were clowns, children, musicians, and old Jewish patriarchs.

Sources: WW66; WW40; Falk, Exh. Record Series.