Artist Bio
John Calabrese received his BA in Art from Catholic Univ., Washington, D. C., an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, and Ph. D in Comparative Arts from Ohio Univ., Athens. He is Professor Emeritus of Art at Texas Woman's Univ., Denton, where he taught art history, aesthetics, history of film noir, the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and was in charge of the studies abroad art history program, which he initiated in 1994. He has published articles on Paul Klee, J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", and Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and "The Trouble with Harry".