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John AndersonUnited States
1923 - 1971
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John Edward Anderson was born in 1923 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. In 1943, he joined the US Army, and was stationed in England until 1945. Returning to Minnesota, he attended the Walker Art School, graduating in 1948. His work was featured in shows at the Kilbride-Bradley Gallery in Minneapolis from 1953-1968; during this time (from 1954-1957), he taught at the Walker Art school under Mac Le Sueur and worked as an exhibition assistant. He also held exhibitions at the Guggenheim and Whitney Museums in the 1950s part of the new modern art movement. In 1956, he was commissioned to create a mural for the then-new Southdale Shopping Center in Edina, Minnesota. He died in 1971 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
George Arbanas ‘20
September 2019
Sources
“John Anderson.” gallery5004, https://www.gallery5004.com/john-anderson.
“John Edward Anderson.” Geni Family Tree, 22 Mar. 2017,
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Anderson/6000000056329948937.