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Born 1934 Tahoka, Texas. Known for: Mod-pop figure, portrait-nude painting, sculpture.
In 1934 James Francis Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo where his mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest. When Gill was... Read full biography
In 1934 James Francis Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo where his mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest. When Gill was around 10 years old, his mother painted a wooden floor in the family home in the style of Jackson... Read full biography
In 1934 James Francis Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo where his mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest. When Gill was around 10 years old, his mother painted a wooden floor in the family home in the style of Jackson Pollock. In high school, Gill and some friends started a rodeo club to pursue their first dream of being cowboys. 1953-1956, Gill served in the United States Marines and after leaving the Marines, he... Read full biography
In 1934 James Francis Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo where his mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest. When Gill was around 10 years old, his mother painted a wooden floor in the family home in the style of Jackson Pollock. In high school, Gill and some friends started a rodeo club to pursue their first dream of being cowboys. 1953-1956, Gill served in the United States Marines and after leaving the Marines, he earned his living as an architect/illustrator. This was a curious beginning for an artist about to explode onto the pop art scene. In the summer of 1962, Gill traveled to Los Angeles with a series of paintings under his arm titled Women in Cars. Upon... Read full biography
In 1934 James Francis Gill was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo where his mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest. When Gill was around 10 years old, his mother painted a wooden floor in the family home in the style of Jackson Pollock. In high school, Gill and some friends started a rodeo club to pursue their first dream of being cowboys. 1953-1956, Gill served in the United States Marines and after leaving the Marines, he earned his living as an architect/illustrator. This was a curious beginning for an artist about to explode onto the pop art scene. In the summer of 1962, Gill traveled to Los Angeles with a series of paintings under his arm titled Women in Cars. Upon his arrival in L.A., Gill walked into the Felix Landau Gallery (as renowned in L.A. as the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York). Landau agre... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesDictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesArt, Design and the Modern Corporation
1985
(Exhibition catalog)Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli135 pages (color)National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesPainting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)40 Now California Painters
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Tampa Bay Art Center48 pages (color)East Coast-West Coast Paintings
1968
(Exhibition catalog)University of Oklahoma48 pagesDrawings/Recent Acquisitions Museum of Modern Art/New York
1967Lieberman, William S48 pagesPop Art
1966Lippard, Lucy R216 pages (color)Art Across America
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Selz, Peter64 pages (color)