One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to California he studied at eh Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pais where he met Picasso, Braque and Brancusi. Upon his return to the United States he finished his studies at Chouinard and Jepson Art School in Los Angeles. Hammersley's work in the late 1940s... Read full biography
One of the original hard-edged painters of the 1950s, he paints geometric abstractions with humorous, quirky titles that are puns, accompanying them. He keeps a notebook in oil renderings of his observations, which he also considers original works of art. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City in 1919. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Chouinard Art School when he was 21. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 where he designed posters, pass cards, and signs. Before returning to California he studied at eh Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pais where he met Picasso, Braque and Brancusi. Upon his return to the United States he finished his studies at Chouinard and Jepson Art School in Los Angeles. Hammersley's work in the late 1940s became progressively more abstract. In the 1950s Frederick Hammersley taught at Jepson Art School, Pomona College, Chouinard and the Univers... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (29)
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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
Helen Lundeberg and the Illusory Landscape: Five Decades of Painting
2004
Hickey, Dave; Diane Moran
136 pages (color)
Karl Benjamin: Paintings from 1950-1965 (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Louis Stern Fine Arts and Harold B. Nelson
46 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Lorser Feitelson and the Invention of Hard Edge Painting: 1945-1965 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Hopkins, Henry; Michael Duncan
100 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Still Working Underknown Artists of Age in America (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Parsons School of Design
208 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
75 Works, 75 Years Collecting the Art of California (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Laguna Art Museum
139 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection
1992
Museum of Fine Arts
167 pages (color)
Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990
1991
Adams, Clinton
167 pages (color)
Turning the Tide Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-56 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Karlstrom, Paul/Susan Ehrlich
168 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute
1985
Perine, Robert
260 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
The First Western States Biennial Exhibition Western States Art Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Ewing, Robert A; Joshua Taylor (Intro)
80 pages (color)
California 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History
1977
Los Angeles County Museum
124 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
12 Contemporary Artists Working in New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
University of New Mexico
48 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Responsive Eye (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Seitz, William C
56 pages (color)
Art Across America (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Selz, Peter
64 pages (color)
Geometric Abstraction in America (Exhibition catalog)