Dr. Avard Tennyson Fairbanks




Factual Information
Biography:
Born: Provo, Utah March 2. 1897
Died: Salt Lake City, Utah January 1. 1987
Education:
Art Students League, New York City, New York 1910
Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1914
Academie Colarossi, Paris, France 1914
Ecole de La Grande Caumiere, Paris, France 1914
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 1917
Yale University, Connecticut 1918 - BFA
Scuola Fiorentina de Pittura, Florence, Italy 1927
University of Washington, Washington 1929 - MFA
University of Michigan, Michigan 1933 - MA
University of Michigan, Michigan 1936 - Ph.D.
Fellowships and Awards:
Herbert Adams, Medal of Honor, National Sculptural Society
Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Doctor of Fine Arts, Lincoln College
Lincoln Diploma of Honor, Lincoln Memorial University
Medal of Lycurgus
Academician, Accademia Italia delle Arti
Honorary citizen of Sparta, Greece
Medal of the Knight of Thermopylae
Fellow, International Arts and Letters, Zurich
Fellow, Protetore della Contrada della Torre da Siena



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