Education
Detail from Miner-Hands, 1944
1940–44
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Florida, Gainesville
1944–45
Art Scholarship, Post-Graduate Work
Art Students League, New York
1943 (summer)
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Workshop
Professional Experience
1946–52
Instructor of Art
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist's hands
1954–56
Painting and Drawing Instructor
Denver Museum of Art
Denver, Colorado
1956–57
Assistant Professor of Art
School of Design, North Carolina State College
Raleigh, North Carolina
1957–62
Assistant Professor of Drawing and Design
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
1960 (summer)
Painting Instructor
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Austin, Texas
1960–61
Visiting Professor of Art
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
1961 (summer)
1962 (summer)
Visiting Professor of Art
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
1961 (spring term)
Visiting Professor of Art
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
1963–70
Associate Professor of Art
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
1965–66
Artist in Residence
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1970–78
Associate Professor of Art
Towson State University
Towson, Maryland
One-Man Exhibitions
Detail of Self-portrait, 1965, 13'' x 13''
1948-1950
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1954
Denver Art Museum
Denver, Colorado
1957
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, North Carolina
1959
Parma Gallery
New York, New York
1960
Landau Gallery (Group Show)
Denver, Colorado
1960
Mount Holyoke College, Retrospective
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Face of the Artist
1961
Witte Memorial Museum
San Antonio, Texas
1961
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
1962
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
1964
Hetzel Union
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
1969
Hammond Gallery
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
1971
Vanbokkelen Gallery
Towson State University
Towson, Maryland
1974
Jewish Community Center
Baltimore Maryland
1975
Fine Arts Center
Towson State University
Towson, Maryland
Solitary figure on Parking Lot, 1980s
2000
Albuquerque Museum of Art
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009 Posthumous
Eric Firestone Gallery
Scottsdale, Arizona
“Enrique Montenegro: American Modernist – Selected Works”
Invitational Exhibitions
1963
“Contemporary American Painting”
Krannert Art Museum
University of Illinois
1969
Krannert Museum Invitational Drawing Show
1970
Group Drawing Exhibition
Washington State University
1971
Invitation Lithography Exhibition
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Paintings in Museum Collections
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Denver Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
North Carolina Museum of Art
Albuquerque Museum of Art
Sameul P. Harn Art Museum, University of Florida
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Paintings in Private Collections
Portrait of William R. Valentiner
Dr. William R. Valentiner
Rembrandt Scholar/Curator/Collector
(Film Actor) Vincent Price
James B. Byrnes
Museum Curator/Collector
(And many other private collections)
Professional Honors and Awards
1944-45
Art Students League
Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies
New York, New York
1953
Denver Art Museum
Purchase Prize
1956
Catherwood Award for Study in Europe
1965–66
Guest Artist
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
2002
Pollack/Krasner Foundation Grant
Appearance in Publications
1957, Nov. 4
LIFE Magazine (featured with Richard Diebenkorn)
Article entitled, “New Painters of the West”
Portrait of Sara
1961
Paintings included in book entitled, Sources and Documents of 20th Century Art
by James B. Byrnes
University of Florida Press
1963
Paintings included in book entitled, Notes for a Young Painter
by Hiram Williams
Prentice Hall, Inc.
1963
Annual Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
Published by Kannert Art Museum
Urbana, Illinois
1965–66
ART NEWS Annual
Included in Who’s Who in American Art
Painting included in book entitled, The Painter and the Photograph: from Delacroix to Warhol
by Van Deren Coke
University of New Mexico Press