biographie de Emlen ETTING (1905-1992)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Phila.

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Harvard Univ. (B.S., 1928); Acad. Grande Chaumière, Paris; André Lhote, Paris.

Exhibited: VMFA; NAD; Audubon Artists; WMAA; Carnegie Inst; CGA, 1939-43, 1953; PAFA, 1936-45, 1952-62; San Francisco World's Fair; Midtown Gal. (solo); CAM (solo); Butler AI (solo); Akron AI (solo); Dayton AI (solo); Bloomington AA (solo); Illinois Wesleyan Univ. (solo); Midtown Gal, NYC. Awards: Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur, French Govt; Star Solidarity, Italian Govt.

Member: Artists Equity Assn. (pres., 1955-58; hon. pres./pres., Phila. Chapt., 1950-53); Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; Century Assn.; Phila. Art Alliance; Alliance Française (hon. pres).

Work: WMAA; PAFA; Addison Gallery Am. Art, Andover, MA; PMA; Atwater Kent Mus., Phila. Commissions: Phila. Industries (oil on canvas), Market St. Nat. Bank, 1947; oil on canvas, Italian Consulate, Phila., 1955.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics. Positions: U.S. artist-delegate, Second Int. Congress Plastic Arts, Dubrovnik, 1957. Teaching: School Indust. Art; PMA; Phila. College Art; Tyler School Art, Temple Univ. Designer: scenery, costumes, Joseph and his Brethren," ballet.Publications: illustrator/translator, Valery, Le Cimetière Matin, Centaur Press, 1932; illusr, "Amerika & Ecclesiastes," New Directions, 1940; illustrator, Born in a Crowd, Crowell-Collier; author/illustrator, Drawing the Ballet, Studio Books, 1944.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.