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Jack Beal BIOGRAPHY
1931 Richmond, Virginia - 2013 Oneonta, New York. Known for: Social realism, nudes, still life and murals.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: September 7, 2013. Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: September 7, 2013. Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: September 7, 2013. Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define the New Realism of the 1960s and '70s, a school of figurative painting notable for being unfashionable at the time, died on Aug. 29 in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 82. The cause was kidney failure, said his... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: September 7, 2013. Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define the New Realism of the 1960s and '70s, a school of figurative painting notable for being unfashionable at the time, died on Aug. 29 in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 82. The cause was kidney failure, said his wife, the artist Sondra Freckelton. Mr. Beal was part of a group of young American artists who rejected the psychologically driven Abstract Expressionist movement of the postwar era in favor of art based on commonly recognizable things and... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: September 7, 2013. Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define the New Realism of the 1960s and '70s, a school of figurative painting notable for being unfashionable at the time, died on Aug. 29 in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 82. The cause was kidney failure, said his wife, the artist Sondra Freckelton. Mr. Beal was part of a group of young American artists who rejected the psychologically driven Abstract Expressionist movement of the postwar era in favor of art based on commonly recognizable things and experiences. The new wave included Pop artists like Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, wh... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.
Jack Beal, Optimistic New Realist Painter, Dies at 82
By PAUL VITELLO
Published: September 7, 2013
Jack Beal, whose pensive nudes, densely detailed still lifes and earnest public murals depicting ancient myths and modern life helped define the New Realism of the 1960s and '70s, a school of figurative painting notable for being unfashionable at the time, died on Aug. 29 in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 82.
The cause was kidney failure, said his wife, the artist Sondra Freckelton.
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