Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and... Read full biography
Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and printmaker. Born in 1900 in Lwow, Poland, where he studied art privately, Taubes fled with his family... Read full biography
Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and printmaker. Born in 1900 in Lwow, Poland, where he studied art privately, Taubes fled with his family to Austria when World War I began, studying at the Imperial Museum and Academy of Art in Vienna. After the War, he studied one year at the Academy in Munich before involving himself in a one hundred... Read full biography
Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and printmaker. Born in 1900 in Lwow, Poland, where he studied art privately, Taubes fled with his family to Austria when World War I began, studying at the Imperial Museum and Academy of Art in Vienna. After the War, he studied one year at the Academy in Munich before involving himself in a one hundred eighty degree directional change in artistic philosophy by attending the avant-garde Bauhaus in Weimar in 1920. Not surprisingly, the young artist fell under the Bauhaus spell, particularly the color theories of Johannes Itten, with whom he studied.... Read full biography
Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and printmaker. Born in 1900 in Lwow, Poland, where he studied art privately, Taubes fled with his family to Austria when World War I began, studying at the Imperial Museum and Academy of Art in Vienna. After the War, he studied one year at the Academy in Munich before involving himself in a one hundred eighty degree directional change in artistic philosophy by attending the avant-garde Bauhaus in Weimar in 1920. Not surprisingly, the young artist fell under the Bauhaus spell, particularly the color theories of Johannes Itten, with whom he studied. While Itten would be a life-long influence, Taubes was also involved in Dada, Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism. But after movi... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (36)
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc
1989
La Cour, Donna Ward
196 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Paintings from the first half of the 20th century (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Kilgore, Karen
80 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 pages (color)
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)
Mastery of Alla Prima Painting
1980
Taubes, Frederic
112 pages (color)
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Acrylic Painting for the Beginner
1971
Taubes, Frederic
144 pages (color)
Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc)
1970
Myers, Bernard S (editor)
511 pages (color)
Technique of Still Life Painting
1968
Taubes, Frederic
142 pages (color)
The Technique of Portrait Painting
1967
Taubes, Frederic
159 pages (color)
The Technique of Landscape Painting
1966
Taubes, Frederic
175 pages (color)
Art/Technique/Portrait Painting
1957
Taubes, Frederic
113 pages
Encyclopedia of Painting
1955
Myers, Bernard
511 pages (color)
Twenty Painters and How They Work
1950
Watson, Ernest W
158 pages (color)
Painter's Question and Answer Book
1948
Taubes, Frederic
227 pages
Painting in the U S A
1946
Gruskin, Alan D
223 pages (color)
Contemporary American Painting
1946
Pagano, Grace; Donald Bear (Intro)
260 pages (color)
Portrait of America
1945
Crane, Aimee
204 pages (color)
Survey of American Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Carnegie Institute
320 pages
Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1939
Art Institute of Chicago
110 pages
Modern American Painting
1939
Boswell, Peyton Jr
207 pages (color)
Frederic Taubes An Appreciation of the Work of
1939
Boswell, Peyton Jr (ed)
51 pages
American Painting Today
1939
Watson, Forbes (essay)
179 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index