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Bernard Langlais BIOGRAPHY
1921 Old Town, Maine - 1977 Maine. Known for: Abstract painting, wood animal sculpture, commercial art.
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife began summering in Cushing, Maine and in 1966 they moved there permanently. The artist is known primarily for his abstract works including collage, construction and assemblage. His work of the 1960s was well received and he exhibited with Jasper... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife began summering in Cushing, Maine and in 1966 they moved there permanently. The artist is known primarily for his abstract works including collage, construction and assemblage. His work of the 1960s was well received and he exhibited with Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Louise Nevelson. Source: Northeast Auctions, August 2004... Read full biography
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Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo.
Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife began summering in Cushing, Maine and in 1966 they moved there permanently.
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