RESUME FOR RANDOLPH E. OSMAN, MA, ASA FINE ART APPRAISER 330 Bridge Street P.O. Box One. Falls City, OR 97344 Phone-(503) 787-3301 randolph@osmanart.org APPRAISAL EDUCATION Accredited Senior Appraiser, American Society of Appraisers. Designated in Fine Arts Graduate of the four level education program in Personal Property Appraisal, American Society of Appraisers, Washington, DC Passed the Appraisal Standards Board Written Exam on the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MA, Art History, Curatorial and Museum Studies New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, New York City BA, English Literature Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA ALSO STUDIED University of Barcelona, Spain, (language and art history) University of Munich, Germany, (language) Santa Barbara City College, (drawing and design) Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, (ceramics) Rutgers University (science) Fairleigh Dickenson University (science) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY SUMMARY 1990-PRESENT OSMAN ASSOCIATES PRINCIPAL Museum consulting. / Fine Arts Appraisal. Researched, written appraisals to USPAP standards for charitable gifts, estate settlement, insurance. Litigation support for attorneys, expert witness testimony and research on art appraisal and museum matters. 1989-1990 MISSOULA MUSEUM OF THE ARTS DIRECTOR 1987-1989 KETCHIKAN MUSEUMS, Ketchikan, AK SENIOR CURATOR OF PROGRAMS 1985-1987 MUSEUM / FINE ARTS CONSULTANT Portland State University / Willamette Week Newspaper / Oregon Arts Commission (see Employment: part-time and consulting) 1979-1985 EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, GRAY ART GALLERY, Greenville, NC CURATOR/DIRECTOR/ FACULTY 1977-1979 FOUNTAIN GALLERY OF ART, Portland, OR CONSULTANT FOR CORPORATE AND BUSINESS COLLECTIONS 1976-1977 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Corvallis, OR FACULTY MEMBER ART HISTORY 1972-1975 SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, Santa Barbara, CA CURATOR OF EDUCATION/ACTING CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS 1967-1970 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Portland, OR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY (Medieval /Modern) 1966-1967 CLOISTERS BRANCH, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York City CLOISTERS FELLOW (Research, interpretation) 1965 INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS NORTEAMERICANOS, Barcelona, Spain LANGUAGE TEACHER EMPLOYMENT (part-time and consulting) 1991 Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon Adjunct Faculty member in Art History 1986-1989 Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, PA Consultant in marketing and exhibiting 18th and 19th century natural history prints, historical maps, and European and American paintings. Portland State University, Portland, OR Gallery Management, teaching, exhibit planning and fund-raising Willamette Week Newspaper, Portland, OR Visual arts correspondent 1981-1982 Carolina Arts Magazine, Raleigh, NC Editorial Consultant 1973-1976 Rockefeller Fellowship Program in Museum Education Consultant in Museum Education through the De Young Museum in San Francisco Council on Education in Museums and the Visual Arts Neighborhood Arts Council, San Francisco Consultant for the Pacific Northwest PUBLICATIONS Art Centers of the World: New York, World Publishers, Cleveland and New York, 1968 (German translation, Prestel Verlag, Munich, 1969) "The Monte Gargano Episode From the Legend of Saint Michael, a Fifteenth Century Spanish Panel Painting," ARCHIVERO I, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1974 ICONOCOM, An Educational Resource Handbook, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1973 (a guide to comparative iconographies in the permanent collection) Catalogue of Spanish Ceramics, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1974 "A Portable Downdraft Kiln," Ceramics Monthly, Dec., 1973 "The Miniature Celedons of Armin Muller, " Ceramics Monthly, May, 1976 "Organizing a Crafts Invitational Exhibition," The Crafts Report, Seattle, Feb/Mar, 1983 "The Art of Belarmino Martinez, Master Fly Tyer of Asturias", American Angler and Fly Tyer, March, 1990. “Authentication, What Does it Mean to an Appraisal?”, Artifact Magazine, March/April, 1996 “Heritage Lost: Two Grand Portland Houses Through the Lens of Minor White”, Reviewed in Artifact Magazine, July/August, 1996 UNPUBLISHED ARTICLES A Spanish Saint John in the Cloisters Museum, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 1966 (Graduate Thesis) The Various 'Explanations' to Goya's "Caprichos", Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 1970 (Graduate Thesis) Handbook of European Religious Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1975 GRANTS NEA Museum Professional Fellowship, 1980-1981 NEA Museum Professional Fellowship, 1984-1985 NEA Museum Programs, Special Exhibitions for New Directions: Clay and Fiber, Gray Art Gallery, ECU, Greenville, NC, 1982 NEA Museum Programs, Special Exhibitions for Inquiry: 4X4, Gray Art Gallery, ECU, Greenville, NC, 1984 Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, Travelling Exhibitions, 1982 North Carolina Arts Council, Traveling Exhibitions, 1984 North Carolina National Bank , to organize an exhibition for East Carolina University, 1984 Historic Preservation Grant. Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) - July, 1996. To develop a Historic Context Statement for the City of Falls City, Oregon. LANGUAGES Spanish (good speaking and reading) French (reading and some speaking) German (limited reading) TRAVEL France, Spain, Germany, Italy, England, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Mexico PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS College Art Association of America American Association of Museums Western Museums Conference American Crafts Council ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Appraisers, Senior Appraiser HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS Bucknell University, 1963, English Honors Society New York University, 1966, Museum Tours Graduate Student Chair Polk County, Oregon, 1991,95 Historic Landmarks Commission Falls City, Oregon, 2001- Chair, Historic Landmark commission Polk County, Oregon, 1991,95 Tri-County Tourism Coalition Historic Preservation League of Oregon, regional representative, 1992, 95 RECENT APPRAISAL / LITIGATION SUPPORT CLIENTS (selected) Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon Portland Art Museum, Oregon Willamette University, Oregon State Farm Insurance Company, Los Angeles Luvaas Cobb Attorneys, Eugene , Oregon Kenneth Grenfell Attorney, Missoula, Montana Gevurtz, Menashe, Larson, Kurshner & Yeates Attorneys, Portland, Oregon Dickstein & Merin Attorneys, Sacramento, CA Richardson, Bambrick, Cermak & Bennett Attorneys, Burbank , CA Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon Oregon State University References gladly furnished upon request

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