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Albert Patecky BIOGRAPHY
1906 Mancelona, Oregon - 1994. Known for: Rural buildings, water scenes, clown figures, botanics, abstraction.
Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept... Read full biography
Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept at conventional landscapes and marines, he also created works of extreme abstraction and was thus a... Read full biography
Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept at conventional landscapes and marines, he also created works of extreme abstraction and was thus a pioneer of totally nonrepresentational art in Oregon. Born in Mancelona, Michigan, the son of parents from Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), Albert Patecky moved with his family to Chicago, where he... Read full biography
Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept at conventional landscapes and marines, he also created works of extreme abstraction and was thus a pioneer of totally nonrepresentational art in Oregon. Born in Mancelona, Michigan, the son of parents from Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), Albert Patecky moved with his family to Chicago, where he took drafting courses at a technical high school. In 1925, at the age of eighteen, he enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied for three years. In 1928, the family moved to Portland. In 1930, Patecky met and married Blanche Friend,... Read full biography
Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept at conventional landscapes and marines, he also created works of extreme abstraction and was thus a pioneer of totally nonrepresentational art in Oregon. Born in Mancelona, Michigan, the son of parents from Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), Albert Patecky moved with his family to Chicago, where he took drafting courses at a technical high school. In 1925, at the age of eighteen, he enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied for three years. In 1928, the family moved to Portland. In 1930, Patecky met and married Blanche Friend, an artist and musician. While working as an illustrator for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, he... Read full biography
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Albert Patecky was a Portland painter and printmaker who created works on both sides of the divide that separated traditional and modern artists in the mid-twentieth century Pacific Northwest. Adept at conventional landscapes and marines, he also created works of extreme abstraction and was thus a pioneer of totally nonrepresentational art in Oregon.Born in Mancelona, Michigan, the son of parents from Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia), Albert Patecky moved with his family to Chicago, where he took drafting courses at a technical high school. In 1925, at the age of eighteen, he enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied for three years. In 1928, the family moved to Portland.But wait, there's more...
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