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1909 Yonkers, New York - 2000. Known for: Non ob, modernist-leaning landscape, still life.
Born in Yonkers, New York, John Heliker was originally a Cubist painter working with shattered planes of color, and then he evolved into a realist with loose modernist brushwork and bright color in... Read full biography
Born in Yonkers, New York, John Heliker was originally a Cubist painter working with shattered planes of color, and then he evolved into a realist with loose modernist brushwork and bright color in the painting of interiors and the Maine coast. He studied at the Art Students League from 1927 to... Read full biography
Born in Yonkers, New York, John Heliker was originally a Cubist painter working with shattered planes of color, and then he evolved into a realist with loose modernist brushwork and bright color in the painting of interiors and the Maine coast. He studied at the Art Students League from 1927 to 1929 and showed early interest in precise arrangements of forms and formal relationships. Between 1948 and 1958, he made several trips to Italy, which influenced complexity in his works. He received a... Read full biography
Born in Yonkers, New York, John Heliker was originally a Cubist painter working with shattered planes of color, and then he evolved into a realist with loose modernist brushwork and bright color in the painting of interiors and the Maine coast. He studied at the Art Students League from 1927 to 1929 and showed early interest in precise arrangements of forms and formal relationships. Between 1948 and 1958, he made several trips to Italy, which influenced complexity in his works. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951. In 1958, Heliker took part in a conference on the visual arts at the University of Illinois. He taught at three New York City institutions, including Columbia University, from 1950-1977, the Art Students League, and... Read full biography
Born in Yonkers, New York, John Heliker was originally a Cubist painter working with shattered planes of color, and then he evolved into a realist with loose modernist brushwork and bright color in the painting of interiors and the Maine coast. He studied at the Art Students League from 1927 to 1929 and showed early interest in precise arrangements of forms and formal relationships. Between 1948 and 1958, he made several trips to Italy, which influenced complexity in his works. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951. In 1958, Heliker took part in a conference on the visual arts at the University of Illinois. He taught at three New York City institutions, including Columbia University, from 1950-1977, the Art Students League, and Parsons. In 1965, Heliker was a founding member of the New York Studio School with Mercedes Matter, Alex Katz, Leland Bell, Philip Gu... Read full biography
