James S. Strombotne is an American painter. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in... Read full biography
James S. Strombotne is an American painter. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959. He received a fellowship... Read full biography
James S. Strombotne is an American painter. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959. He received a fellowship from Pomona College to study in Italy, and in 1962 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for further study in Rome. The same year, a feature article about his work appeared in Time Magazine. Strombotne... Read full biography
James S. Strombotne is an American painter. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959. He received a fellowship from Pomona College to study in Italy, and in 1962 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for further study in Rome. The same year, a feature article about his work appeared in Time Magazine. Strombotne notes some of his early influences as Jan Vermeer and Pablo Picasso, yet states his work transcends any traditional categorization. Described as "visionary" and "poetic", Strombotne strives to master the medium portrayed in a truly contemporary... Read full biography
James S. Strombotne is an American painter. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959. He received a fellowship from Pomona College to study in Italy, and in 1962 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for further study in Rome. The same year, a feature article about his work appeared in Time Magazine. Strombotne notes some of his early influences as Jan Vermeer and Pablo Picasso, yet states his work transcends any traditional categorization. Described as "visionary" and "poetic", Strombotne strives to master the medium portrayed in a truly contemporary composition. He has had many one-man shows and inclusion in numerous museum permanent collections.&nbs... Read full biography
James Strombotne - Artist Info
About James Strombotne: Books
Books & Publications (15)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985 (Huntington Library Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
2011
Nelson, Harold (Editor)
192 pages (color)
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
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis
111 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change
1974
Schwartz, Barry
192 pages (color)
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972
1972
Amon Carter Museum
600 pages
40 Now California Painters (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Tampa Bay Art Center
48 pages (color)
Forty Artists under Forty From the Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)