Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife began summering in Cushing, Maine and in 1966 they moved there permanently. The artist is known primarily for his abstract works including collage, construction and assemblage. His work of the 1960s was well received and he exhibited with Jasper... Read full biography
Bernard Langlais was born in Old Town, Maine. As a young man, he studied commercial art in Washington, DC before enlisting in the Navy in 1942. After serving in the military he went to art school and attended the Corcoran School of Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Later in his career he attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Kunstakademie in Oslo. Langlais spent most of his career in New York City. In 1956 he and his wife began summering in Cushing, Maine and in 1966 they moved there permanently. The artist is known primarily for his abstract works including collage, construction and assemblage. His work of the 1960s was well received and he exhibited with Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Louise Nevelson. Source: Northeast Auctions, August 2004... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Bernard Langlais (1921-1977). Abstraction in Wood (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Love, Richard
9 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Bard, Joellan
80 pages
A Selection of American Art The Skowhegan School 1946-1976
1976
Institute of Contemporary Art
194 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Art Collection of the First National Bank of Chicago