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1925 Los Angeles, California - 1969 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Mod figure, abstraction, illustration.
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and lived and worked as a commercial illustrator in New York City. During this time, he also created large gestural paintings, as a result of... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesCalifornia Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last231 pages (color)Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection
2002Shea, Patricia (Editor)124 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCalifornia Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall560 pages (color)John Altoon
1997Davies, Hugh M (foreward)56 pages (color)The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art
1993Eitner, Lorenz (others)418 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesDictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980
1985
(Exhibition catalog)Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts290 pages (color)Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute
1985Perine, Robert260 pages (color)The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)The California Connection 16 Paintings/Gifford Phillips Collection
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Edgerton, Anne Carnegie32 pagesThe First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Contemporary Art293 pages (color)Southern California Artists 1940-1980
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Ball, Maudette66 pages (color)Denver Art Museum Major Works in the Collection
1981Ritchie, Margaret304 pages (color)John Altoon
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Barton, Brigid44 pages (color)Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis111 pagesAmerican Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979Doumato, Lamia246 pagesFrederick Weisman Collection California Art
1978
(Exhibition catalog)California State U Long Beach64 pages (color)Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976San Francisco Mus Modern Art272 pages (color)Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries
1975Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman246 pagesSunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974Plagens, Peter200 pages (color)American Drawings 1963-1973
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Solomon, Elke M62 pages11 Los Angeles Artists
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Arts Council of Great Britain64 pages (color)John Altoon: Drawings and Prints
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Hopps, Walter24 pages (color)West Coast 1945-1969
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Coplans, John60 pagesDrawings: Exhibition of Contemporary American Drawings Fort Worth Art Center Museum
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Hopkins, Henry (Preface); Peter Plagens, Essay84 pages40 Now California Painters
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Tampa Bay Art Center48 pages (color)John Altoon
1967
(Exhibition catalog)Nordland, Gerald30 pages (color)American Drawings
1964
(Exhibition catalog)Solomon R Guggenheim Museum48 pages