Background
Multhaup, Merrel Keyes was born on September 27, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Stephen Dows and Edna Gertrude (Gard) Keyes.
Multhaup, Merrel Keyes was born on September 27, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Stephen Dows and Edna Gertrude (Gard) Keyes.
Student fine art, State University of Iowa, 1942-1943; student color theory, Rice U., 1971.
Member teaching faculty, Summit (New Jersey) Art Association, 1956-1960; art instructor studio classes, Springfield, New Jersey, 1954-1955; art instructor studio classes, Bloomfield (New Jersey) Art Group, 1955-1956; art instructor studio classes, Westport, Connecticut, 1962-1963; member teaching faculty, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey, 1985-1992.
Board directors, exhibition chairman Summit Art Association, 1950-1960, Silvermine Guild of Art, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1960-1964. Board directors Artist's Equity of New Jersey, 1977-1984, chairman state-wide event, 1983, 86. Artist's advisory council Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, 1988-1992.
President Four Hills Neighbors, 1998-2000. Member National Museum for Women in Arts (charter member), National Association Women Artists Inc. (awards for figure painting 1957, 80-89), Silvermine National Portrait Group of Artists.
Married Robert Hansen Multhaup, April 7, 1944. Children: Eric Stephen, Robert Bruce.