Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often... Read full biography
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often posing questions about everyday life, are inspired by many facets of his own life including his... Read full biography
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often posing questions about everyday life, are inspired by many facets of his own life including his religious faith, family, interest in baseball and football, Hitchcock films, and friendship with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth. He studied in Florence, Italy with Ben Long IV, a student of Italian Fresco painter... Read full biography
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often posing questions about everyday life, are inspired by many facets of his own life including his religious faith, family, interest in baseball and football, Hitchcock films, and friendship with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth. He studied in Florence, Italy with Ben Long IV, a student of Italian Fresco painter Pietro Annigoni, and with Ives Gammel in Boston and Aaron Shickler and Harvey Dinnerstein in New York. He married and had a family with his high-school sweetheart, Melonie, and often used family members as models for his paintings. In 1975, they moved... Read full biography
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often posing questions about everyday life, are inspired by many facets of his own life including his religious faith, family, interest in baseball and football, Hitchcock films, and friendship with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth. He studied in Florence, Italy with Ben Long IV, a student of Italian Fresco painter Pietro Annigoni, and with Ives Gammel in Boston and Aaron Shickler and Harvey Dinnerstein in New York. He married and had a family with his high-school sweetheart, Melonie, and often used family members as models for his paintings. In 1975, they moved to Philadelphia where he studied realist painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Ben Kamihira, Morris Blackbu... Read full biography
Bo (James William) Bartlett III - Artist Info
About Bo (James William) Bartlett III: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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
Art History's Heroes: Masters of Contemporary Realism (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Verderame, Dr. Lori
0 pages
Bo Bartlett: Heart Lands (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Snyder, Scott
10 pages
Selections From the Permanent Collection: Southern Alleghenies
1996
Strueber, Michael (Director)
118 pages (color)
Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection