About Alma Knauber

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    ALMA JORDAN KNAUBER (1893-1975).

    Birth place: Cincinnati, OH Addresses: Cincinnati 31, OH .

    Profession: Educator, painter, designer, writer, illustrator, lecturer

    Studied: Ohio State Univ. (B.S., M.A.); Cincinnati Art Acad.; Univ. Cincinnati; Charles Hawthorne; Gifford Beal; Emil Bisttram; William Thon; F. Duveneck; L.H. Meakin; C.J. Barnhorn; Hopkins; in France & England.

    Worked as an art instructor at the Ohio State University and produced mainly oil paintings and watercolors in a realist or impressionist style. Traveled frequently painting many western landscapes plus beach and harbor scenes in New Rngland eg Provincetown and Rockport MA.

    Exhibited: AIC, 1924; Columbus, OH, 1926 (prize), 1945 (solo); S. Indp. A., 1931; Cincinnati, 1941 (prize), 1945 (solo); Prof. Artists, 1945 (solo); Women's AC, 1946 (solo). Member: Prof. Artists & Woman's AC, Cincinnati; CAA; AAUP; Nat. Home Econ. Assn. Work: Western College for Women, Oxford, OH; Rothenberg Sch., Cincinnati; Ohio State Univ.Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts.Her works are in the U. of Cincinnati.

    Comments: Teaching: College of Home Economics, Univ. Cincinnati, OH. Illustr.: consumer conference booklet. Author.: Knauber Art Ability & Art Vocabulary Tests & Examiners Manuals.

    Source: From online sources esp Worthpoint,and Who's Who in American Art

    Submitted by: Robert Savage

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