Earned a BA at Fort Hays State Univ. in 1961 and, in 1964, a MFA from the Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. From 1967-79, she was Assistant Professor of Painting at Pasadena City College in California, and from 1985-91, Associate Professor of Art at Columbia Univ., New York. Her paintings usually incorporate parallel horizontal lines.

Exhibitions: Ball State, 1963, 1966; Arizona Annual, 1963; Krannert Art Museum, 1969; Long Beach Art Museum, 1972; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1975.

Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; the Panza di Biumo Collection, Varese, Italy; and the Museums of Moderner Kunst in Otterndorf, Wuppertal, Ingolstadt, Koln, and Munich.

Born in Hodgeman County, Kansas, she earned an MFA in 1964 from the University of Arizona in Tucson. From 1967 to 1979, she was Assistant Professor of Painting at Pasadena City College in California, and from 1985 to 1991, Associate Professor of Art at Columbia University in New York. Her residence has been in New York City.

“Max Cole. Born: Kansas, 1937. Education: M. F. A. University of Arizona, 1964. Exhibitions: Fifth Arizona Annual, Phoenix Art Museum, 1963; Arizona Sculpture ’63, Tucson Art Center, 1963; Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1969; 10th Art Annual, Walnut Creek, California, 1965; All-California Exhibition, Los Angeles Home Show, 1965; Eighty-fifth Annual, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1966; 51st Annual Southern California Exhibition, National Orange Show, 1966; First Annual California Small Images Exhibition, Cal State Los Angeles, 1966; Cerritos Open, Cerritos College, 1966; P.S.A. Annual, Pasadena Museum of Art, 1968; Fourteenth All-California Exhibition, Laguna Beach Art Gallery, 1968; Sixteenth All-City Art Festival, Los Angeles, 1968; Visual Arts Gallery, One-Man Show, Wichita, 1961; 261 Gallery, One-Man Show, Tucson, 1964; University of Arizona Art Gallery, One-Man Show, 1964; Comara Art Gallery, One-Man show, Los Angeles, 1966, 1968, 1969; Artisan Gallery, One-Man Show, Houston, 1969. In the Collection of: St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota; Mr. Leon Campbell, La Jolla; Mr. Richard Raynard, West Covina; Mrs. Bing Pahl, Pomona; Mr. George Scott, Phoenix; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Etrick, Kansas; Mr. John Hartman, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ries, Palm Springs; Mrs. Nick Heesy, Tarzana; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoelsher, Pasadena; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Goldberg, Studio City; Mr. and Mrs. Somper, Beverly Hills; Miss Martha Moody, Los Angeles. (from February1971 LBAA cat.)