Ben L. Culwell ~~A Brief Introduction. (b. San Antonio, Texas 1918—d. Temple, Texas 1992). "It is for the important average that I want to speak, the rank and file. The general nature of the use I... Read full biography
Ben L. Culwell ~~A Brief Introduction. (b. San Antonio, Texas 1918—d. Temple, Texas 1992). "It is for the important average that I want to speak, the rank and file. The general nature of the use I try to make of the art of painting is, I hope, apparent: that is, to express the sum of relationships... Read full biography
Ben L. Culwell ~~A Brief Introduction. (b. San Antonio, Texas 1918—d. Temple, Texas 1992). "It is for the important average that I want to speak, the rank and file. The general nature of the use I try to make of the art of painting is, I hope, apparent: that is, to express the sum of relationships which is a total human being. With art, as with atomic physics, the big problem in the world today is to bring the human being abreast of the techniques and the inventions of his material culture—to... Read full biography
Ben L. Culwell ~~A Brief Introduction. (b. San Antonio, Texas 1918—d. Temple, Texas 1992). "It is for the important average that I want to speak, the rank and file. The general nature of the use I try to make of the art of painting is, I hope, apparent: that is, to express the sum of relationships which is a total human being. With art, as with atomic physics, the big problem in the world today is to bring the human being abreast of the techniques and the inventions of his material culture—to achieve an adequate modern spiritual integrity.". ---Ben Culwell, in "Fourteen Americans" catalogue, 1946/Museum of Modern Art . Ben Culwell was a figure within the first generation of Abstract Expressionism, a movement which began in the early 1940s... Read full biography
Ben L. Culwell ~~A Brief Introduction. (b. San Antonio, Texas 1918—d. Temple, Texas 1992). "It is for the important average that I want to speak, the rank and file. The general nature of the use I try to make of the art of painting is, I hope, apparent: that is, to express the sum of relationships which is a total human being. With art, as with atomic physics, the big problem in the world today is to bring the human being abreast of the techniques and the inventions of his material culture—to achieve an adequate modern spiritual integrity.". ---Ben Culwell, in "Fourteen Americans" catalogue, 1946/Museum of Modern Art . Ben Culwell was a figure within the first generation of Abstract Expressionism, a movement which began in the early 1940s and became a dominant style in American painting from the late 1940's into the 1950s. Culwell, whose career was based... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts
290 pages (color)
Texas Images & Visions (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Goetzmann, William/B Reese
168 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Paintings by Ben L Culwell (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Wingren, Dan
22 pages
Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th Century (Exhibition catalog)