Background
Larmer, Oscar Vance was born on July 11, 1924 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Bert V. and Carrie (Yard) Larmer.
Larmer, Oscar Vance was born on July 11, 1924 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Bert V. and Carrie (Yard) Larmer.
Certified, Minneapolis School Art, 1947. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Kansas, 1949. Master of Fine Arts, University Wichita, 1955.
Assistant director, Wichita Art Museum, 1953-1955; assistant professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1956-1963; associate professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1964-1969; professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1970-1989; head department art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1967-1971; professor emeritus, Kansas State University, Manhattan, since 1989; member visual arts board, Kansas Art Commission, Manhattan, 1982-1984.
Member Wichita Artists Guild (past president), Society Kansas Painters, Prairie Watercolor Society, Kansas Watercolor Society (director 1979-1981, Purchase awards), Midwest College Art Association, Kansas Federation Art (past president), Hardly Known School Kansas Landscape Painters, 1989.
Married Mary A. Duehring, December 31, 1945. Children: Mary Lynn Larmer King, Michael Vance.