Received a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1951 and 1952, respectively.
Also studied in Europe at the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris. Among the many grant and awards are
a Fulbright Grant for Study in Italy, an Award for Drawing from the Chicago Festival of the Arts, and a National
Endowment of the Arts. Lerner is in many museums and public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago,
the National Gallery of American Art (Washington, DC), and U.S. State Department Cultural Division. |
