Following is The New York Times obituary of Ford Beckman, November 21, 2014. FORD BECKMAN (1952 – 2014). Ford Beckman, a painter who rose to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1980's,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Ford Beckman, November 21, 2014. FORD BECKMAN (1952 – 2014). Ford Beckman, a painter who rose to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1980's, died Tuesday at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 62. The cause of death was a heart attack.... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Ford Beckman, November 21, 2014. FORD BECKMAN (1952 – 2014). Ford Beckman, a painter who rose to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1980's, died Tuesday at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 62. The cause of death was a heart attack. Beckman was deeply committed to his faith and regarded his artwork as a celebration of that faith. His first New York exhibitions at Craig Cornelius Gallery and Tony Shafrazi Gallery were well received,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Ford Beckman, November 21, 2014. FORD BECKMAN (1952 – 2014). Ford Beckman, a painter who rose to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1980's, died Tuesday at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 62. The cause of death was a heart attack. Beckman was deeply committed to his faith and regarded his artwork as a celebration of that faith. His first New York exhibitions at Craig Cornelius Gallery and Tony Shafrazi Gallery were well received, both critically and commercially. His spare reductive black and white paintings on plywood caught the attention of collectors including Peter Brant, Charles Saatchi and Count Guiseppe Panza with Panza becoming his largest collector, eventually owning 50... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Ford Beckman, November 21, 2014. FORD BECKMAN (1952 – 2014). Ford Beckman, a painter who rose to prominence in the New York art scene of the late 1980's, died Tuesday at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 62. The cause of death was a heart attack. Beckman was deeply committed to his faith and regarded his artwork as a celebration of that faith. His first New York exhibitions at Craig Cornelius Gallery and Tony Shafrazi Gallery were well received, both critically and commercially. His spare reductive black and white paintings on plywood caught the attention of collectors including Peter Brant, Charles Saatchi and Count Guiseppe Panza with Panza becoming his largest collector, eventually owning 50 works by Beckman. In 1992, at Hans Mayer Gallery, Dusseldorf, Beckman debuted his Pop Paintings series: both distu... Read full biography
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