LAMAR BRIGGS (1935-2015)Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, Lamar Briggs attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and the University of Houston. He graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art (now Art Institute of Colorado) and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2005. While in Houston, Briggs worked at Channel 13 KTRK-TV, where his artistic pursuits were encouraged and supported by Willard E. Walbridge, president at the time.Selected Biographical and Career Highlights1935 Born in Lafayette, Louisiana1953 University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana1958 University of Houston, Texas1960 Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, Colorado1966 Independent Art Study, Antibes, France1990-94 Guest Artist, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado2005 Inducted into the Hall of Fame, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, ColoradoDied in Palm Beach, FloridaSelected Prizes, Awards· Purchase Prize, 1962 MFAH The Southwest, 1964 Beaumont Annual1962 Ford Foundation Purchase Prize, Venice, MFAH, The Southwest: Painting and Sculpture1964 Purchase Prize, Funtime, Beaumont Art Museum, 13th Annual ExhibitSelected Exhibitions· 1957 32nd Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas· 1961 Denver Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1961 Artists Annual, Delgado Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana· 1962 The Southwest: Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (purchase prize)· 1964 13th Annual Exhibit, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas (purchase prize)· 1965 Solo, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas· 1965 14th Annual Exhibit, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas· 1966 Solo, DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1966 Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1966, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas· 1967 Ninth Annual Invitational Exhibit, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas· 1968 Solo, DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1969 Texas Fine Arts 58th Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas· 1971 Solo, United States Consulate, Guadalajara, Mexico· 1972 Solo, Agra Gallery, East Hampton, Long Island, New York· 1973 Texas Fine Arts Circuit Exhibition, traveled by Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas· 1974 Solo, Ars Longa Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1975 Six Artists, Inaugural Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1975 Opening Exhibition, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona· 1976 Solo, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico· 1977 Ten from Houston, Art Center of Waco, Texas· 1978 Solo, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1978 Cowboys, Indians, and Settlers, Art Center of Waco, Texas· 1978 Solo, Georgetown Gallery, Washington, D.C.· 1979 Solo, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California· 1979 Art for Public Spaces, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan· 1980 Painters Committed to Painting, Miriam Perlman Inc., Chicago, Illinois· 1981 Contemporary Works from the Mint Museum, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina· 1981 Moody Gallery at Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico· 1981 Large Scale Contemporary Paintings, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina· 1982 Acrylic on Paper, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas· 1982 3rd Annual Alumni Exhibition, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, Colorado· 1982 Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, traveling· 1982-85 Prints: USA 1982, traveled to museums and universities nationwide including Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia· 1984 Black and White, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico· 1985 50/50 Monotypes—Prints, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland· 1985 Then Now . . . and Then, Lawndale Annex, University of Houston, Texas· 1985 Contemporary Gallery Exhibition, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina· 1986 Small Wonders, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado· 1988 Solo, Odette Gilbert Gallery, London, England· 1989 Works on Paper, Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, California· 1989 Abstract ’89, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Illinois· 1990 Intaglio Printing in the 1980s, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey· 1991 Artists Make Their Mark, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Illinois· 1991 Twenty Pastels, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1991 Solo, Art Collectors Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma· 1992 By the Book, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona· 1994 Browne to Briggs, Jeanine Cox Fine Art, Miami Beach, Florida· 1994 Pier Show, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Illinois· 1995 Solo, Peter Fischinger Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany· 1996 Four Abstract Painters, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Libertyville, Illinois· 1998 Solo, Gallery of Graphic Arts, New York, New York· 2000 Color, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island· 2002 Solo, Kyoken, Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida· 2004 Landscape—Abstract to Realism, Donna Tribby Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida· 2004 Solo, Enigmatic Paintings by Lamar Briggs, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio· 2005 Solo, New Works on Canvas and Paper, Gallery of Graphic Arts, New, New York· 2005 The Natural World, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas· 2007 Solo, Lamar Briggs, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2008 Paintings and Works on Paper, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.· 2009 Expanding Boundaries: Lyrical Abstraction, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida· 2009 A Texas Sampler: Vintage Paintings by Thirty Texas Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2010 Third Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Houston Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2010 50 Years / 50 Artists / 50 Paintings, Miller Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio· 2011 Lone Star Modernism: A Celebration of Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2011 Breakthrough: Sixty Years of Texas Abstraction, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2012 A Survey of Texas Modernists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas· 2012 Visions in Color, Gallery of Graphic Arts, New York, New York· 2012 The Holiday Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio· 2013 Editions, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2013 20 Year Celebration, Susan Calloway Fine Art, Washington, D.C.· 2014 Houston Founders at City Hall Art Exhibition, City Hall, Houston, Texas· 2015 Bayou City Chic: Progressive Streams of Modern Art in Houston, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (catalogue)Selected Public CollectionsBeaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, TexasChicago Art Institute, Chicago, IllinoisDenver Art Museum, Denver, ColoradoMint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North CarolinaMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasRice University, Houston, TexasRutgers University Archives, Rutgers University, New Jersey