About the Artist

(1931-2012, American)  John Nelson Battenberg Attended the University of Wisconsis in 1949, earning his Bachelor of Science at the Minnesota State University in 1954.  Later he studied art in both England (Ruskin School, Oxford University 1955-1957) as well as in Italy. In 1960 he worked on earning a Master of Fine Arts at Michigan State University, completing this degree at the California College for Arts and Crafts in 1964.