Education
Jepson Art Institute. Chouinard Art Institute. Los Angeles City College.
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Morton Traylor
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Born in St. Petersburg, Virginia on April 6, 1918, Morton Traylor lived in Los Angeles most of his life. After graduating from Eagle Rock High School, he entered Los Angeles City College, where his formal art training began. In 1964, he established the Virginia Art Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Morton Traylor"s artwork can be found in museums and private collections around the world including the Georgia Museum of Art and The British Museum.
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(Dell Comics) Beverley Hills, California Northrop Aviation Company Commercial Art Department, Hawthorne, California Art Director, "TRYOUT", Big Bear Lake, California Owned and Operated Advertising Company, San Bernardino, California President of Inter-Mountain Concert Society, California Director of Lex Advertising Company, Charlottesville, Virginia Owned and Operated Virginia Art & Advertising, Crozet, Virginia President of Kappa Tau Sigma, Honorary Art Society (1939) Municipal Art Commission, City Han, Los Angeles, California (1946) Solon de L"Art Libre, Modern Museum of Art, Paris, France (1947) First Annual Veterans" Exhibition, L. A. Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (1946) City Show at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California.
(1946-1947) National Orange Show, San Bernardino, California (1949-1950) Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, California (1949-1951) Print Club, Albany, New York National Serigraph Society, New York City, New York (1949) Oakland Art, Oakland, California San Francisco Museum of Art, California (1949) Arizona State Fair, Phoenix Arizona Modern Institute of Art, Beverly Hills, California (1949) First Annual Exhibition, Santa Paula, California (1949) Los Angeles Annual, County Museum, Los Angeles, California (1950-1955) Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, California (1950) Western Drawing Institute Show, Jepson"s, Los Angeles, California (1950-1951) Pennell Exhibition, Library of Congress, Washington, Doctorate. C. (1950) Laguna National Print Exhibition, Laguna Beach, California (1950) California State Fair, Sacramento, California (1949-1950) Landau Group Show, LaCieniga Boulevard, Los Angeles, California (1951).
Achievements
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President of Kappa Tau Sigma, Honorary Art Society (1939) LACC Summer Scholarship to Chouinard Art Institute through Latham Contest (1939) Annual Scholarship to Chouinard through National competition (1940) Graduated from LACC as one of six Honor Students Continuing Scholarship to Chouinard Art Institute (1941) First Prize (Drawing) 3rd National Veterans" Exhibition, Long Beach, California (1949) First Prize (Drawing) 5th Annual, Alley, Charlottesville, Virginia (1964) First Prize (Print) Contemporary Southern Art Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia (1964) Honorary Mention, Southern Art Festival, Atlanta Georgia (1964).
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April 28, 1996 (aged 78) -
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United States