1917 - 1997
Lenard Kester is self taught. Among his awards are five from the Oakland Museum, California; the Hallgarten Prize and the Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design; the California State Fair; and a Tiffany Foundation Grant. His work is included in such public collections as: the Brooklyn Museum; the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio; the Denver Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Lenard Kester has painted a mural for the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, has work on commission for Life magazine, and favors the medium of watercolor.
