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Born 1927 Medina, New York. Known for: Super-real surreal view, portrait.
Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of... Read full biography
Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of numerous publications. Among the collections including his work are the Burchfield-Penny Center in... Read full biography
Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of numerous publications. Among the collections including his work are the Burchfield-Penny Center in Buffalo, NY and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. The hard-edged style of many paintings, together with the artist's fondness for industrial scenes, would place him in the... Read full biography
Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of numerous publications. Among the collections including his work are the Burchfield-Penny Center in Buffalo, NY and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. The hard-edged style of many paintings, together with the artist's fondness for industrial scenes, would place him in the tradition of Precisionist painters like Scheeler, Crawford, or Demuth. Here sharp tonal contrasts, precise delineation of forms, and abrupt juxtaposition of planes push the images outside the boundaries of realism and "freeze" them in nearly abstract... Read full biography
Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of numerous publications. Among the collections including his work are the Burchfield-Penny Center in Buffalo, NY and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. The hard-edged style of many paintings, together with the artist's fondness for industrial scenes, would place him in the tradition of Precisionist painters like Scheeler, Crawford, or Demuth. Here sharp tonal contrasts, precise delineation of forms, and abrupt juxtaposition of planes push the images outside the boundaries of realism and "freeze" them in nearly abstract designs. But style for Garver is always a function of purpose. In his other paintings the artist adopts a more tradi... Read full biography
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Walter Raymond Garver (American, 1927-) A Buffalo resident and one-time student of Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967), Walter has been both a recipient of countless honors and a subject of numerous publications. Among the collections including his work are the Burchfield-Penny Center in Buffalo, NY and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH.
The hard-edged style of many paintings, together with the artist's fondness for industrial scenes, would place him in the tradition of Precisionist painters like Scheeler, Crawford, or Demuth. Here sharp tonal contrasts, precise delineation of forms, and abrupt juxtaposition of planes push the images outside the boundaries of realism and "free...But wait, there's more...
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