Biography
Lila Oliver Asher was born in Philadelphia, Pa. She studied there with
Joseph Grossman, Frank B.A. Linton and at the Fleischer Memorial Art
School. She was also a pupil of Prof. Gonippo Raggi and held a four
year scholarship to the now University of the Arts. She moved to
Washington D.C. in 1946 and established a studio for painting, sculpture
and prints. She taught art at the college level from 1947, as instructor in
the Art Department of Howard University 1947-51, at Wilson Teachers
College 1953-54, returning to Howard University in 1961, promoted to
Assistant Professor in 1964, to Associate Professor in 1966, and to full
Professor in 1971. Since 1991 she has been Professor Emeritus and continues
to work in her studio.
Selected One Person Shows: Barnett Aden Gallery, Wash., D.C. 1951; William C. Blood Gallery, Phila., Pa., 1955; Arts Club, Wash., D.C. 1957; Collectors Gallery , Wash., D.C. 1959; Garrett Park Public Library, Garrett Park, Md.; 1960; Burr Galleries, New York, N.Y.; 1963; Gallery Two Twenty Two, El Paso, Tex., 1965; Thomson Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1968; B'nai B'rith Headquarters, Wash., D.C. 1969; Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1970; Green-Field Gallery, El Paso, Tex., 1972; Northwestern Michigan College, 1972; Franz Bader Gallery, retrospective, Wash., D.C., 1972; American Club, Tokyo, Japan, 1973; USIS Bombay, India, 1974; Iran-America Soc., Teheran, Iran, 1974; Fisk Univ., retrospective, Nashville, Tenn., 1974; USIS Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, India, 1975; USIS Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, Pakistan, 1975; USIS Ankara and Adana, Turkey, 1976; Via Gambaro Gallery, Wash., D.C. 1976; Gallery Kormendy, Alexandria, Va. 1978; Howard Univ., retrospective, 1978; Washington Hebrew Cong., Wash., D.C. 1979; Northeastern Univ., Boston, Mass. 1980; Nat. Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1982; Kastrupgårdsamlingen Kunst Museum, Denmark, 1982; Gallaudet Univ. Wash., D.C. 1985; Mickelson Gallery, Wash., D.C. 1986; UCLA, Los Angeles, Cal., 1986; Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1988; Howard Univ. Retrospective, Wash. D.C. 1991; Cosmos Club, Wash., D.C. 1992; Rockville Art Mansion, Rockville, Md. 1992; Georgetown Univ. Wash., D.C 1992; Hood College, Frederick, Md. 1992. Nat. Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1993. 1997; Goldman Gallery, Jewish Community Center 1997; Cosmos Club, Washington, D,C, 1998; Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Prince Georges County, Md. 1999. Strathmore Hall Arts Center, North Bethesda, Md. 2001 Selected Permanent Collections: Nat. Museum of American Art, Wash. D.C.; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash. D.C.; Howard Univ. Gallery of Art, Wash., D.C.; Barnett Aden Collection, Tampa, Fla.; Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va.; B'nai B'rith, Wash. D.C.; City of Wolfsburg, Germany; David Lloyd Kreeger Collection, Wash. D.C.; Superior Court of the Dist. of Columbia, Wash., D.C.; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serv., Wash., D.C.; Center for Research in Education of the Disadvantaged, Jerusalem, Israel; Embassy of the U.S., Tel Aviv, Israel; Embassy of the U.S., Mexico City, Mexico; Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn.; Montgomery County Collection of Contemporary Prints, Montgomery County, Md.; Nat. Council on Art in Jewish Life; American Jewish Congress, New York, N.Y.; Georgetown Univ., Wash., D.C.; Nat. Mus. of History, Taipei, Taiwan; Kastrupgårdsamlingen Kunst Museum, Denmark; Nat. Museum of Women in the Arts, Wash. D.C.; Jundt Museum, Gonzaga Univ. Spokane, Wash.; private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
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