John William Guerin, N. A. (1920-2006)

John Guerin was born in Houghton, Michigan.  He served in the Air Force from 1942-1945. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, and Escuela Bellas Artes in San Miguel, Mexico. A painter and educator, he taught fine art at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1952, and at the University of Texas from 1953 to 1980. He retired from the University of Texas as a Professor Emeritus. His work was selected for the Smithsonian Institute Archive of American Artists. He was chosen as an Academician of the National Academy of Design in New York. His work has been included in many important invitational exhibits including the Whitney Annual, New York,  Corcoran Biennial, Washington, D.C., and the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. Works by this important Texas painter are to be found in the Chrysler Museum in Provincetown, Mass., Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts,  Houston and many other public and private collections.