The Art of Elias Friedensohn
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Resumé

Elias Friedensohn, 1924–1991

  • Education
  • High School of Music & Art, 1938–1942
  • Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University, 1942–43
  • Queens College, B.A., 1948
  • Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 1949–51
  • Teaching
  • Art Department, Queens College, CUNY, 1959–87
  • Professor Emeritus of Art, Queens College, CUNY, 1987–1991
  • Awards and Grants
  • Lowe Foundations Award, 1951
  • Thomas K. Stephens Award, National Arts Club, 1958
  • University of Illinois Purchase Award, 1958
  • Fulbright Grant to Italy, 1957–58
  • Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1960
  • Queens College Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1969
  • Minneapolis Museum of Art Purchase Award, 1969
  • MacDowell Fellow, 1969, 1970
  • University of Massachusetts Purchase Award 1972
  • American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, 1973
  • Ball State University Purchase Award, 1975
  • Magnus Museum Travel Grant, 1982
  • CUNY Research Foundation Grant, 1981, 1985
  • New Jersey Council for the Arts Award, 1981, 1985