Missman

Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1947. Earned his B.A. degree from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo as well as a secondary teaching credential from San Francisco State University. His formal art training includes the New York Academy of Art in New York where he was awarded a full scholarship in a masters program, a private art academy in Florence, Italy, the Frudakis Academy of Classic Realism in Painting and Sculpture, Philadelphis, Pa., and the Northwest Missouri State College of Marysville, Mo. For a period of 10 years he worked as an artist and designer for firms in New York and California, and in 1978 he became Director of the Art Department at the Palace of Gold, in Moundsville, West Virginia. Private collectors include the Princess of Iran, Alfred Brush Ford (Fisher Mansion), musician George Harrison. Dr. Narebdra Desai (Indian Industrialist) and others. His successful exhibitions include the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Bombay, Paris, and Viareqio, Italy. He is noted for his realistic and classical paintings of young women in peasant costumes.