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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Long horned cattle in landscape
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Claire V. Dorst, Painter-Educator, was born in 1922, in Plymouth, Wisconsin, and is now living in Boca Raton, Florida where he is Professor Emeritus of Florida Atlantic University. He has been assistant professor of studio art at Wayne State College from 1953 to 1959; professor of art and art history and chairman of the art department at Carthage College from 1959-1964; and professor of studio art at Florida Atlantic University from 1964 to 1991, and Chairman of that Art Department from 1968 to 1984.
He earned a BA degree from Beloit College in 1949, and an MA from the University of Iowa in 1953. He earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, as a United Lutheran Church of America synodical faculty scholar MFA in 1963.
Dorst is a member of the Florida League of Arts, and in 1971 was on the Board of Directors of the Florida Craftsmen. He was also a member of the American Crafts Council and the Colonial Art Association of America.
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The following is from Artlinc:
Claire V. Dorst, Painter-Educator, was born in Plymouth, Wisconsin 1922. His schooling in art began at Beloit College, where he received his BA in 1949. He received his MA degree at University of Iowa, 1953, and his MFA at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1963. Dorst began teaching art in 1953 in various State colleges in Iowa, then was professor at Florida Atlantic University from 1964 to 1968. He was also chairman of the art department at FAU 1968.
Dorst moved to Florida about 1964 and became a member of the Florida League of Arts (Board Director 1971). He has won many awards for painting and is known primarily for his work in abstract watercolors. He is presently living in Boca Raton, FL
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