Background
Price, Rosalie Pettus was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Erle and Ellelee (Chapman) Pettus.
Price, Rosalie Pettus was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Erle and Ellelee (Chapman) Pettus.
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham-Southern College, 1935. Master of Arts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1967.
Instructor Birmingham (Alabama) Museum Art, 1967-1970, Samford University, 1969-1970. Painter in watercolors, casein, oil and acrylic. One-man shows include Samford University, 1964, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1966, 73, 82-83, Town Hall Gallery, 1968, 75, South Central Bell,1977, Birmingham Southern College, 1992, Altamont School, 1996.
Represented in permanent collections Birmingham Museum Art, Springfield (Missouri) Art Museum, University of Alabama Moody Gallery of Art, Huntsville (Alabama) Museum Art, Randolph-Macon Woman"s College Maier Museum Art, many others
Board of directors Birmingham Museum of Art, 1950-1954, vice chairman, 1950-1951. Board of trustees Birmingham Music Club, 1956-1966, recording secretary, 1958-1962.
Member National Watercolor Society, National Society Painters in Casein and Acrylic (West. Alden Brown Memorial award 1970, Joseph A. Cain Memorial award 1983), Birmingham Art Association (president 1947-1949, Best Watercolor award 1950, Little House on Linden purchase award 1968), Southern Watercolor Society, WatercolorSoc. Alabama (Lassetter award 1968), Louisiana Watercolor Society, Pi Beta Phi. Clubs: Junior League of Birmingham (chairman art committee 1947-1950), Window Box Garden.
Married William Archer Price, October 3, 1936.