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1903 Buffalo, New York - 1976 New Mexico. Known for: Mod western imagery, graphics.
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings,... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings, Schleeter developed his signature modern art style of painting using heavy impasto to highlight his brushstrokes and modernist techniques. This style of paint application was as dynamic as his artistic visions. His landscape paintings created with this... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings, Schleeter developed his signature modern art style of painting using heavy impasto to highlight his brushstrokes and modernist techniques. This style of paint application was as dynamic as his artistic visions. His landscape paintings created with this technique have a uniqueness not found in most art of the time. His dynamic scenes of the NM environment with modernist compositions set him... Read full biography
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Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976).
During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings, Schleeter developed his signature modern art style of painting using heavy impasto to highlight his brushstrokes and modernist techniques. This style of paint application was as dynamic as his artistic visions. His landscape paintings created ...But wait, there's more...
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