Set Up #9, 1964
Type:Painting
Year:1964
Size:17.00" x 23.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Early amebic formed oil painting
Frederick Hammersley ART FOR SALE
1919 Salt Lake City, Utah - 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Known for: Hard edge painting, abstraction.
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to California he studied at eh Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pais where he met Picasso, Braque and Brancusi. Upon his return to the United States he finished his studies at Chouinard and Jepson Art School in Los Angeles. Hammersley's work in the late 1940s... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to California he studied at eh Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pais where he met Picasso, Braque and Brancusi. Upon his return to the United States he finished his studies at Chouinard and Jepson Art School in Los Angeles. Hammersley's work in the late 1940s became progressively more abstract. In the 1950s Frederick Hammersley taught at Jepson Art School, Pomona College, Chouinard and the Univers... Read full biography
Frederick Hammersley - Art for Sale (2 available)
Less on Lesson 14
Type:Painting
Year:1975
Size:24.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed