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Stanley Dean Edwards BIOGRAPHY
Born 1941 Joliet, Illinois. Known for: Figurative, surreal expression, constructivist painting, teaching.
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (19671970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (19671970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both Surrealism and Constructivism. Early hard-edge paintings from the mid-1960's feature a series of screaming babies set in brightly color... Read full biography
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The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist.
Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (19671970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood.
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