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At this time it appears there is no formal genealogy of Gordon’s family, no birth, marriage death dates, etc. - Nancy Edwards ARTIST’S STATEMENT “My work for the most part reflects an involvement with the landscape
and growing things here in Central New York. This is the area I know best,
love deeply and feel most at home in.” Gordon Francis Muck - born October 9, 1926 – Syracuse N.Y. Parent: Francis Muck and Mary Steinger Muck Maternal Grandparents: George Frederick Seinger and Rose Volz Seinger Note: This information came from Catherine (Katie) Volz Richard Volz
Attended Syracuse public schools, Webster Elementary, Grant Junior High, North High Scholastic Art Scholarship to Syracuse University where he earned BFA & MFA 1948-1955 – Taught at DeRuyter Central School 1956-1960 - Taught at Nottingham High School 1961-1965 - Art Supervisor – Syracuse Schools 1965-1981 - Art Department Chairman – Fayetteville –Manlius Schools
June 25, 1950 - Married Gina Rose Calzolari – Annulment – September 24, 1951 June 22, 1957 – Married – Bertha Ann Shapley 1965 – Opened Antique Shop – 30 years Cazenovia Republican, November
23, 1966
THE POST STANDARD SYRACUSE N.Y. MONDAY, JULY, 22, 1968 Their 150-year-old Greek revival home by the side of the road on Route 13 (Main Street in New Woodstock) has become a mecca for art lovers. Their Pillar Gallery was started in 1959 in the 13 room house which Mr. and Mrs. Muck have been renovating and changing ever since they bought it. DEDICATION FAYETTEVILLE MANLIUS YEARBOOK 1979 There is a teacher at this school who has inspired many students to excel in the art field. Excitement and enthusiasm have made many of his art classes interesting and always worthwhile. Because of his unusual approach to teaching he has given the Fayetteville-Manlius schools the honor of being the recipient of hundreds of scholastic art awards. …He is not only a teacher but a friend of his students.
Services were conducted at the New Woodstock Cemetery on Thursday, May 12, 1994. Reminiscing STATEMENT BY JIM RIDLON I first met Gordon Muck at a very critical point in my life. I had just finished a horrific student teaching experience in inner city, Syracuse. At that point in my quest to be an artist/ educator, I was ready to give up. …When I first walked into Gordon’s art room and saw this skinny, over-dressed chatterer, I thought that I had just entered scene three of a bad play. My immediate impression was that there was no way he could motivate or discipline a classroom. I was dead wrong. …Gordon was boss but he was also friend, teacher and critic. STATEMENT BY DAN TENNANT I studied under Gordon Muck during the summer of ’71. He was a superb critic, he could spot weaknesses in paintings as almost a sixth sense. There is a scrapbook created by one of Muck’s former students, Nancy Edwards, available to view at the New Woodstock Historical Society. Gordon Muck and others have donated some of his art work over the years to the New Woodstock Free Library. The Library has made prints of 2 floral watercolors he did in college, Syracuse University in the mid 1940s. Click here to see more information about the prints or to purchase them. To view some of Gordon’s work contact the New Woodstock Free Library (315) 662-3134 |
