Malcolm Myers

Malcolm was born in Lucerne, MO. He began painting as a teenager in the Shepherd of Hills country of the Ozarks. He received his BFA in 1939 from Wichita State University and his MA in 1941 and his MFA in 1946 from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. He was Professor of Studio Art at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN from 1949 until his death in 2002. He was a master printmaker, painter and water colorist. He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1950, to Paris, France; and 1954 to Mexico, where he worked with Diego Rivera. His work is in the collections of: Bibliotheque Nationale; National Gallery of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Cincinnati Art Museum; Library of Congress; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Los Angeles County Art Museum; and many others. He passed away in 2002 in Minneapolis, MN.

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