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Fred R. Kline
Academic Studies, Teaching, Academia
Studies
B.A. 1967(English) & M.A. 1968 (Creative Writing), San Francisco State University.
Courses of study (1957-69) in Philosophy & Humanities: San Antonio College, University of Texas/ Austin, Trinity University/San Antonio, University of the Americas/Mexico City, University of California/Berkeley.
Teaching & Academia
Public School: Bryant Middle School, Dos Palos, CA, 8th Grade English teacher, 1968-69.
College & University: Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, English and Creative Writing Instructor, 1969-72
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY:, Special Assistant to President Frank Rhodes/Associate Director of University Relations/English Instructor/ Contributing Writer Cornell Alumni Magazine, 1979-80.
Board of Advisors, College of Santa Fe (2002-2006)
Some Publications & Works in Progress
Four books of poems—49 Poems (Austin, 1964), I, Dodo(San Francisco, 1968), Crazy Love(Columbus, 1970), Birthsongs (Washington, 1972). Notable recognition from Conrad Aiken, Norman O. Brown, Peter Matthiessen, Josephine Jacobson, and others.
National Geographic Magazine, Editorial Staff Writer, Washington, DC, 1972-77. Published National Geographic Magazine articles include “Library of Congress” (1975), “Baltimore”(1975), “San Antonio”(1976). Traveled arctic regions of Alaska and Baffin Island on assignments. Co-authored book, Alaska, High Roads to Adventure ( 1976, National Geographic Books). Explored areas of Baffin Island including: Auyuittuq National Park, the northernmost National Park in North America; Penny Icecap; Cumberland Sound; mounted 1976 Pagnirtung Pass Expedition from Broughton Island to Pangnirtung (published account “Trek Across Pangnirtung Pass”, 1977, Washington Post Sunday Magazine).
In Progress: “Art Explorer: A Search for Lost Art in America-A Memoir of Discovery".
“Collecting Artists of Texas—A Surprising State of the Arts” by Fred R. Kline (first published in ANTIQUES WEST, 1993), a widely reprinted and influential essay,
Some of Kline’s art discoveries were described in his essay: “You Never Know: An Ongoing Search for Lost Art in America” (ART & ANTIQUES, Feb.1989). In July 1989, an article in ESQUIRE magazine featured Kline’s art investment activities. An April 2, 2002 NEW YORK TIMES feature “An Art Explorer Finds the Real Creators of Works” further documented some of Kline’s art discoveries.
Art Awards
Poems: Recorded selection of poems at Library of Congress in 1975 at the invitation of U. S. Poet Laureate Josephine Jacobson.
Sculpture: Public sculpture site Temple of the Hills (Santa Fe, NM) chosen for special recognition and publication in annual selection of United States public sculpture in 1995 ART IN AMERICA ANNUAL.
Sculpture: Temple of the Hills chosen for inclusion in the Smithsonian United States Outdoor Sculpture Survey, 1997.
Art History
Fred R. Kline Gallery (then Private Dealers), from 1982 were among the earliest dealers specializing in historic Texas paintings. ( Ron Hall Gallery, Fort Worth and Valley House, Dallas were notable among the first dealers.)
Consultants in Historic Texas Paintings (Fred & Jann Kline) by invitation of the Curator of the Texas State Capitol, Austin, mid-1980s. Organized and co-curated several notable loan exhibitions of 19th & early 20th century Texas paintings at the Capitol.
Director & Editor, George Caleb Bingham Catalogue Raisonne Supplement of Paintings and Drawings, ongoing from 2006, see www.GeorgeCalebBingham.org
Early Geography & Miltary Service
Born 1939 in Hagerstown, Maryland, early childhood during WWII in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Former hometown: San Antonio, Texas, 1947-64; Thomas Jefferson High School (class of ’57). United States Marine Corps (active duty 1960-62, Southeast Asia).
Family
Fred & Jann Kline have five children, seven grandchildren.
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