About the Artist
Beverly Rosen (Beverly Ullian) was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1924. She met her husband, Bernie Rosen, while they were working as camp counselors for underprivileged children in northern Massachusetts and the couple married in 1944. She studied at Simmons College in Boston where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics in 1945. Rosen moved to Denver with her husband and young children in 1951. In 1957, she began formal art studies at the University of Colorado's Denver Center. She was later accepted to the University of Denver (DU) where she studied under Vance Kirkland. Rosen earned a Master of Arts degree in painting from DU. In 1964, she joined the DU faculty in the art department where she would teach for 19 years. In 1975, she became the first woman to gain tenure in the art department. In addition to creating her own painting and sculpture, Rosen was a founder of the Denver Sculpture Symposium. She and her husband opened St. Charles on Wazee, a gallery in Lower Downtown (LoDo) Denver. Beverly Rosen’s artwork is in major public collections including the Kirkland Museum, Denver Art Museum and the University of Denver.
