TWARDOWICZ, Stanley John (Jan) (1917)

Birth place: Detroit, MI

Addresses: Detroit, MI; Northport, NY

Profession: Painter, photographer, lithographer, teacher

Studied: Meinzinger Art School, Detroit, 1940-44; AIC; F. de Erdely; F. Chapin; D. Lutz; Skowhegan School P&S, Maine, summers 1946 & 1947.

Exhibited: Detroit IA, 1942, 1943 (prize), 1944, 1945 (prize), 1946; CPLH, 1946; Milwaukee AI, 1944, 1946; Scarab Club, 1944, 1945; J.L. Hudson Gal., Detroit, 1946; Kalamazoo AI, 1946; PAFA Ann., 1950, 1966; Guggenheim Mus., 1954; AIC, 1954, 1955 & 1961; CI, 1955; MoMA, 1957-69 (5 exhs.); Mus. FA, Boston, 1966; WMAA; Peridot-Washburn Gallery, NYC, 1970s. Awards: Guggenheim Found. fellowship, 1956-57.

Member: Scarab Club, Detroit.

Work: MoMA; LACMA; Milwaukee AC; AFA; NYU.

Comments: Teaching: Ohio State Univ., 1946-51; Hofstra Univ., 1965.

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

This biography is drawn from the "Who Was Who in American Art" , the reference book on the cultural life in the United States.