Melville Price

American painter

Melville Price
Born	1920 New York City, U.S.
Died	1970 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Professor, painter

Melville Price (1920–1970) was an American painter and educator.

Life

Price was born in 1920 in New York City.^[1]

Price experimented with Surrealism and Cubism before embracing Abstract Expressionism.^[2] He first taught art in Pennsylvania,^[2]^[3] including summer classes at Penn State Abington.^[4] He later became a professor of art at the University of Alabama.^[5]

Price died in 1970 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.^[1] For art critic Sarah Lansdell, "Price was not a compromiser and his works are deliberately harsh."^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Melville Price". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lansdell, Sarah (September 13, 1970). "Melville Price Retrospective Expands an American Chapter". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. F15. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Painter to Conduct Classes at New Hope". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 16, 1957. p. 77. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Summer Art at Ogontz". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 18, 1958. p. 77. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Deaths Elsewhere: Melville Price". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. February 28, 1970. p. 22. Retrieved February 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.