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Frank Walter Nofer, American watercolorist, author. Member American Watercolor Society (Walser S. Greathouse medal), Philadelphia Watercolor Club (past board directors, Excellence in Watercolor award), Whitemarsh Community Art Center (past president), Woodmere Art Museum, Art Directors Club Philadelphia (past vice president), Delaware Valley Artists Guild (past graphics chairman).

Background

Nofer, Frank Walter was born on November 5, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry M. and Marion E. (Honecker) Nofer.

Education

Student, University of the Arts, 1947-1951; student, University Pennsylvania, 1950; student, Charles Morris Price School, 1953; studies with Maurice Molarsky.

Career

President, Frank Nofer, Inc. Design, Philadelphia, 1960-1985. Juror, lecturer in field, since 1985.

Achievements

  • Frank Walter Nofer has been listed as a notable watercolorist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Watercolor Society (Walser S. Greathouse medal), Philadelphia Watercolor Club (past board directors, Excellence in Watercolor award), Whitemarsh Community Art Center (past president), Woodmere Art Museum, Art Directors Club Philadelphia (past vice president), Delaware Valley Artists Guild (past graphics chairman).

Connections

Married Dorothy G. Nofer, June 14, 1952. Children: Kristin Leigh Nofer Houle, Frank Stewart.

Father:
Harry M. Nofer

Mother:
Marion E. (Honecker) Nofer

Spouse:
Dorothy G. Nofer

child:
Kristin Leigh Nofer Houle Nofer

child:
Frank Stewart Nofer

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Awards

  • Recipient Ralph Pallen Coleman award, First W. Emerton Heitland Memorial award, Dawson Memorial award, Harrison Morris prize, Five John Geiszel Memorial awards, Woodmere Museum Annual Watercolor prize, Sun Company and Mainline Chamber award, Best Flower Painting prize, 1995, The American College Sun Company Impressions XIV Art Exhib. Best Watercolor prize, 1995, The Philadelphia Sketch Club Watercolor Exhib. Best of Show prize, Crest Medal Philadelphia Water Society, 1998. Recognition from former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, former Boston Mayor Kevin White and former V.P. Nelson Rockefeller.