Successor to Constance Fowler as Head of the Art Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, he became one of the Oregon regionalist painters inspired by Harry Wentz. He had a forty-year... Read full biography
Successor to Constance Fowler as Head of the Art Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, he became one of the Oregon regionalist painters inspired by Harry Wentz. He had a forty-year "plus" career as educator and artistic interpreter of the Northwest Coast, and in recognition of his... Read full biography
Successor to Constance Fowler as Head of the Art Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, he became one of the Oregon regionalist painters inspired by Harry Wentz. He had a forty-year "plus" career as educator and artistic interpreter of the Northwest Coast, and in recognition of his distinction, the Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette has the Carl Hall Gallery, devoted to permanent exhibits of Northwest art. His Magic Realist style in his landscapes combined elements of abstraction,... Read full biography
Successor to Constance Fowler as Head of the Art Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, he became one of the Oregon regionalist painters inspired by Harry Wentz. He had a forty-year "plus" career as educator and artistic interpreter of the Northwest Coast, and in recognition of his distinction, the Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette has the Carl Hall Gallery, devoted to permanent exhibits of Northwest art. His Magic Realist style in his landscapes combined elements of abstraction, surrealism, and impressionism and was tighter in detailing than that of the other regionalists. In 1947, he and his wife settled in Salem, Oregon, and he had been at Camp Adair at Corvallis during World War II for military training. At the time he... Read full biography
Successor to Constance Fowler as Head of the Art Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, he became one of the Oregon regionalist painters inspired by Harry Wentz. He had a forty-year "plus" career as educator and artistic interpreter of the Northwest Coast, and in recognition of his distinction, the Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette has the Carl Hall Gallery, devoted to permanent exhibits of Northwest art. His Magic Realist style in his landscapes combined elements of abstraction, surrealism, and impressionism and was tighter in detailing than that of the other regionalists. In 1947, he and his wife settled in Salem, Oregon, and he had been at Camp Adair at Corvallis during World War II for military training. At the time he moved to Oregon, he had a reputation as a rising young star in American painting and had come from Michigan where he had studied in Detroit... Read full biography
Carl Albin Hall - Artist Info
About Carl Albin Hall: Books
Books & Publications (13)
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
Oregon Painters The First 100 Years:1859-1959
1999
Allen, Ginny & Jody Klevit
251 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wooden, Howard E. (Text)
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Northwest Art Today Adventures in Art (Exhibition catalog)
1962
Rogers, Millard
106 pages
American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)