OFFNER, Elliot Melville (1931-2010) sculptor, medallist, educator.
         Born Brooklyn, New York, 12 July 1931.
         Trained at Cooper Union, Yale Univerity (master fine arts).
         Visiting artist at Boston College, Brandeis, Yale, Royal
         College of Art in London, England’s Cambridge University.
         Joined Smith College faculty 1960, appointed Andrew W.
         Mellon Professor of Humanities 1974.
         Awards: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, National
         Institute of Arts and Letters, National Council on Arts
         and Humanities, gold medal National Sculpture Soc, 1992.
         Worked in bronze, wood, plaster. Specialty animals, birds.
         Represented by Forum Gallery, New York City.
         Fellow, president: National Sculpture Society.
         Died Northampton, Massachusetts, 15 October 2010.

         M  E  D  A  L     S  E  R  I  E  S

Brookgreen Gardens Membership Medal Series:

2003 Natural World Medal. . . . . . . . . . .Series 31, MAco 2002-157
         Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 80:1631

         M   E   D   A   L   S

1994 Smith College Faculty Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .MAco 1994-086
1996 Smith College Owl Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1996-085
1995 Smith College Vivat Academia Pendant Medal (designed
         by Offner, modeled by Jurtek Jakowica). . MAco 1995-184

         B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

101 {1984}Hoppin (Martha) The Fowl of the Air, The Fish of the Sea & The Beast of the       
         Field, The Animal Sculptures of Elliot Offner. Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts,
101 {1999} Gregory (Justina and Patrick) “Many Wonders, The Sculpture of Elliot             
         Offner,” Idea Form: Looking at the Creative Process. Northampton, MA: Smith College 
         Museum of Art, 1999.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2457.
P30  {2010} Elliot Offner, Obituary. New York Times (19 October 2010).