William Berry (artist)

William Augustus Berry (born in Jacksonville, Texas [http://www.askart.com/AskART/B/william_augustus_berry/william_augustus_berry.aspx AskART biography of Berry] .] ) is an artist and professor of art, known for his pencil figure illustrations and still lifes. As an undergraduate, Berry was a student of Everett Spruce at the University of Texas at Austin, [http://www.caseta.org/files/UT_Art_Dept_Speech%20_2.pdf The University of Texas College of Fine Arts Department of Art and Art History: A Modern Institution] , Robert Summers and Chelsea Weathers, CASETA Spring Symp., San Antonio, Texas, May 2005.] earning his BFA in 1955 and his MFA from the University of Southern California in 1957.. He returned as a professor to the University of Texas, subsequently moving to the University of Missouri–Columbia, where he eventually served as the chair of the art department [http://www.thefrasergallery.com/2000.html Fraser Gallery – Our 2000 shows] .] and where he is now a professor emeritus. [ [http://art.missouri.edu/Facultywebpage/emeritus.htm Emeritus Faculty- Art Department - University of Missouri-Columbia] .] In 1989, he was the recipient of that university's William H. Byler Distinguished Professor Award for outstanding abilities, performance, and character, and in 1991-1992 he was awarded a Curators' Professorship, an annual award given to a Missouri faculty member who is "an outstanding scholar with an established reputation". [ [http://provost.missouri.edu/faculty/awards/professor.html University of Missouri-Columbia Office of the Provost: William H. Byler Distinguished Professor Award] . [http://provost.missouri.edu/faculty/awards/curators.html University of Missouri-Columbia Office of the Provost: Curators' Professorships] .]

In 1989, the Camargo Foundation awarded Berry a fellowship to complete a series of large geometric still lifes. [ [http://www.camargofoundation.org/fellowdetails.asp?recno=267 The Camargo Foundation: Fellow Project Details] .] In 1999, Berry had artworks in four national juried competitions [ [http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/alumninews/alumninews1.html USC Trojan Family Magazine - Spring 1999: Alumni News] .] including one sponsored by the Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland, and an exhibit of his works was held in that gallery in 2000. In 2002, he won the CPSA Award for Exceptional Merit and CIPPY Trophy from the Colored Pencil Society of America for his work "Still Life With Option", a white-on-white still life scene of a creased piece of paper on a tablecloth-draped table. [ [http://www.cpsa.org/GALLERY/WINNERS2002/2002.Berry.html William Berry - 2002 CPSA Award Winner] .] Berry's work has appeared in over 500 juried and solo exhibits. [http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/news/press_releases.asp?Node_ID=129&News_ID=1660 Westminster College Hosts Columbia Artist for Showing] . Press release from Westminster College, Mar. 21, 2005.]

Berry is the author of "Drawing The Human Form: Methods, Sources, Concepts", [cite book|author=Berry, William A.|title=Drawing The Human Form: Methods, Sources, Concepts|publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold|year=1977 Reprinted in 1994 by Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0132197830.] a widely used textbook on figure illustration. Berry has also worked as an illustrator for Newsweek, The Reporter, Opera News, and Esquire.

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