About Jack Lembeck

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John Edgar Lembeck
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    Known for Abstract Illusionism, Jack Lembeck was one of the most celebrated painters in this style during the 1970s and 1980s. It was a brief phase of Abstract Expressionism that developed with experiments that combined Op Art with emotional expressions, and his painting had colorful lines, spots, dribbles and splashes of paint that seem to dance upon a flat surface.

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    Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Jack Lembeck attended Washington University in Saint Louis for two years and then earned a BFA degree from the University of Kansas. He earned an MFA degree from...

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