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Seymour Boardman BIOGRAPHY
1921 Brooklyn, New York - 2005. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting.
Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left... Read full biography
Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand. After a full medical discharge from the... Read full biography
Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand. After a full medical discharge from the service in 1946, he left for Paris to continue his art education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Acadèmie de la Grand Chaumière, and Atelier Fernand Leger. Boardman's work became more abstract but still... Read full biography
Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand. After a full medical discharge from the service in 1946, he left for Paris to continue his art education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Acadèmie de la Grand Chaumière, and Atelier Fernand Leger. Boardman's work became more abstract but still based on figure and landscape. He returned to New York in 1949 and went to the Art Students League. Boardman continued to paint dark, moody paintings using a limited palette of black, white, grey, and an occasional additional color. In 1955, he had... Read full biography
Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand. After a full medical discharge from the service in 1946, he left for Paris to continue his art education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Acadèmie de la Grand Chaumière, and Atelier Fernand Leger. Boardman's work became more abstract but still based on figure and landscape. He returned to New York in 1949 and went to the Art Students League. Boardman continued to paint dark, moody paintings using a limited palette of black, white, grey, and an occasional additional color. In 1955, he had his first one-man show in New York at the Martha Jackson Gallery. It was favorably reviewed... Read full biography
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Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College, N.Y. in 1938-1942. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand.
After a full medical discharge from the service in 1946, he left for Paris to continue his art education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Acadèmie de la Grand Chaumière, and Atelier Fernand Leger. Boardman's work became more abstract but still based on figure and landscape.
He returned to New York in 1949 and went to the Art Students League. Boardman continued to paint dark, moody paintings using a limited palette of black, white, grey, and an ...But wait, there's more...
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