James Feriola, American (1925 - 1997)

Birth place: Great Notch, NJ

Addresses: Hempstead, NY

Profession: Painter, art administrator

Studied: Phoenix Sch Design, New York, grad.

Exhibited: Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC; Nat Acad Design, New York; World's Fair Fine Arts Pavilion, New York; Hammond Mus; Prince Rainier III Palace, Monaco. Awards: Gold Medal of Honor, Smithsonian Inst; travel grant to Europe, Greenwich Village Art Show; Silver Medal Hon, Am Vet Soc Artists.

Member: Am Watercolor Soc; Hudson Valley Artists; Am Artists Prof League; Am Vet Soc Artists; Art League of Nassau Co.

Work: Nassau Co Mus, Syosset, NY; R Peerman Corp & H Butt Corp, Corpus Christi, Tex; Country Art Gallery, Locust Valley, NY.

Comments: Preferred Medium: Watercolors. Teaching: Instr watercolor, Baldwin Art Ctr, NY. Positions: Supvr art & exhib dept, Nassau Co Mus, c.1973. Publications: Illusr, Of Plates and Purlins; illusr, A Rural Heritage for Today.

Sources: WW73; Famous People of Hempstead, NY" (film)."