Kenneth Roderick O’Neal
- BORN
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July 30, 1908
Union, Missouri
- DIED
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March 17, 1989
Honolulu, Hawaii
- EDUCATION
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Armour Institute
Chicago, IllinoisUniversity of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Kenneth Roderick O’Neal was born on July 30, 1908, in Union, Missouri. The family moved to St. Louis around 1910, and there O’Neal attended Sumner High School. In high school, O’Neal was interested in art, and he was recommended for an art scholarship. O'Neal attended the University of Iowa, and in 1931, he received a bachelor's degree in graphic art. He exhibited his work at the Memorial Union at the University of Iowa, and his drawing Portrait of a Child, was shown in the Harmon Foundation exhibition in 1933.
O’Neal also had an interest in structural engineering, and he received a bachelor's of science degree in 1935. Around this time, O’Neal moved to Chicago, where he attended night classes at the Armour Institute, where he studied architecture and city planning with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
In 1940, O’Neal was licensed as an architect in Illinois, and he designed many buildings in Chicago. O’Neal published two books that featured his designs: A Portfolio of Modern Homes in 1949, and A Volume of Contemporary Homes in 1980. After his retirement in 1983, he moved to Tucson, Arizona, then to Honolulu, Hawaii. Kenneth O’Neal died on March 17, 1989, in Honolulu.
Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
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Organized by University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
Organized by University of Iowa
Organized by University of Iowa
Harmon Foundation Exhibition
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Organized by Harmon Foundation
Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
Organized by University of Iowa
Organized by University of Iowa
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Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
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Organized by University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
Organized by University of Iowa
Organized by University of Iowa
Harmon Foundation Exhibition
Organized by Harmon Foundation
Organized by Harmon Foundation
Iowa Memorial Union Exhibition
Organized by University of Iowa
Organized by University of Iowa
References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Kenneth Roderick O’Neal: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
Roberta Washington, “Kenneth Roderick O’Neal (1908-1989), in Dreck Spurlock Wilson, African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945 (New York: Routledge, 2004), 307-309.
Theresa Dickason Cederholm, Afro-American Artists: A Bio-bibliographical Dictionary (Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973), 213.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Kenneth Roderick O’Neal: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
Roberta Washington, “Kenneth Roderick O’Neal (1908-1989), in Dreck Spurlock Wilson, African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945 (New York: Routledge, 2004), 307-309.
Theresa Dickason Cederholm, Afro-American Artists: A Bio-bibliographical Dictionary (Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973), 213.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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