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Art Fundamentals, 9/e
Otto Ocvirk, Bowling Green SU

About the Authors

Otto G. Ocvirk

  • Born in Detroit, Michigan, November 13, 1922
  • Currently professor of Art Emeritus
  • Married: Betty J. Lebie June 11, 1949, Children: Robert Joseph, Thomas Frederick, and Carol Louise.
  • Education: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, MI., 1941
    Bachelor of Fine Art, State U. of Iowa, 1949
    Master of Fine Arts, State U. of Iowa, 1950
  • U.S. ARMY: World War II, l06th Infantry Division Headquarters, G-2 Section, Europe: England, France, Belgium & Germany (Battle of the Bulge), March 1943-Jan. 1946.
  • Artist: Printmaker, Sculptor, Painter, Exhibited Detroit Institute of Arts, Toledo Museum of Arts, Dayton Art Institute (OH), Walker Art Center,(Mpls), Denver Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Library of Congress, etc. Recipient many National---Regional Awards.
  • Teaching: 1950-1990: Bowling Green State University, Professor of Art, 1965, Professor of Art Emeritus 1985, Head of Sculpture Area, 1953-85, Head of Art Fundamentals Area, 1951-1969, taught Sculpture, Foundations, Drawing, Printmaking, & Painting.
  • Co-Author: along with Robert Bone, Robert Stinson, Philip Wigg, & David Cayton of ART FUNDAMENTALS: Theory and Practice, 1959/60-2001, Nine Editions.

Robert E. Stinson

  • Retired as Professor Emeritus from Bowling Green State University.
  • Born and raised in Pennsylvania, (b.1920).
  • High School: John Harris, Harrisburg, PA.,1938.
  • Attended Indiana State College, Terra Haute, Indiana, 1939.
  • Transferred to University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Il.,1940.
  • Veteran of World War II, Pacific Theatre of Operations, 1942-45.
  • BFA in Painting, University of Illinois,1946.
  • Superintendent and Teacher of Art, Gettysburg, PA. , 1947
  • MA in Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1948.
  • MA Thesis written on Mauricio Lasansky, Argentinean printmaker teaching at University of Iowa. (Met my Peruvian wife who helped me translate Spanish articles about Lasansky).
  • MFA in Painting, University of Iowa, 1949.
  • MFA Thesis: written and oral on three of my paintings.
  • Married to Nilda J. Castro, Austin, Texas, 1949.
  • Taught art fundamentals, design, drawing, painting, and art history, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1949-88.
  • Studied ancient cultures and history of Peru, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru, South America, summer, 1951.
  • Exhibited paintings locally, regionally, and in the Eastern U.S. of which many have been purchased by individuals distributed throughout the United States.
  • Authored a condensed history of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Art. William C. Brown Publishing Co., 1969.
  • Co-author with three colleagues of Art Fundamentals, Theory and Practice, since 1961 (with various publishing houses).
  • Has traveled in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia sketching localities and photographing art for painting and historical research purposes.

Phillip R. Wigg

  • Born in Kansas City Kansas, 1921
  • Bachelor of Arts degree, Park College, Parkville, Missouri -
  • Following flight training was a pilot in the South and Southwest Pacific during World War II
  • Master of Fine Arts degree, University of Iowa, 1948, teaching a variety of courses, particularly printmaking and life drawing at Bowling Green State University.
  • Professor of Art Emeritus after teaching from 1948 until 1982
  • Co-author of Arts and Crafts through nine editions (now with McGraw-Hill)
  • In my lifetime I have exhibited widely, occasionally garnering awards

David Cayton

  • Professor of Art Emeritus at Bowling Green State University, received his BFA with teaching certification from the College of Education and MFA degrees from Bowling Green State University. He began his teaching career in 1964 after two years as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellow. Over the years his administrative assignments have included: Head of Printmaking, Coordinator of the Art Foundation Program, 2-D Area Head, Acting Director School of Art, and various College, School and Faculty Senate Committees.
  • Though his teaching was concentrated primarily on printmaking and foundations, Mr. Cayton also taught drawing, oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, and ceramic courses at Bowling Green State University and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
  • Mr. Cayton's work has been seen in numerous invitational, one man, and competitive exhibitions from the New Art Center in Osaka, Japan to The Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, Ca.








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