Vintage American School Modern Watercolor Bernard Felch Signed, 12 x 19", 25 x 32" Framed.
Bernard Jackson "Bernie" Felch, 83, artist, of Landenberg, PA died October 30, 2008 after a brief illness.Bernie grew up in Rochester NY, graduated from West High School, earning a B.A. from Williams College and an M.F.A. from the University of Delaware. He served in the 102nd Infantry Division in WWII. Following the war he studied painting in Paris and in New York, at the Arts Students League. An accomplished watercolorist, sculptor, and ceramicist, Bernie worked with his mentor Frans Wildenhain at the School for American Craftsmen in Rochester, kindling a lifelong passion for creating carved brick walls. He taught and inspired students at Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA, the Tatnall School in Wilmington, DE, and became the Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Lincoln University in Oxford, PA. After retiring from Lincoln in 1998, he taught ceramics at the Center for Creative Arts in Yorklyn, DE. Bernie's work has been shown extensively, featuring installations in Delaware and Pennsylvania museums, schools, universities, public spaces and private collections.

25 x 32 x 3 in

10 lb