New Orleans artist, John Campbell created Southern landscapes. When Campbell died on Friday, May 13th, 1997, at age seventy-two, he was alone in his little duplex apartment in New Orleans East,... Read full biography
New Orleans artist, John Campbell created Southern landscapes. When Campbell died on Friday, May 13th, 1997, at age seventy-two, he was alone in his little duplex apartment in New Orleans East, apparently without any family. He owned the whole duplex and rented out the other (front) half of it. He... Read full biography
New Orleans artist, John Campbell created Southern landscapes. When Campbell died on Friday, May 13th, 1997, at age seventy-two, he was alone in his little duplex apartment in New Orleans East, apparently without any family. He owned the whole duplex and rented out the other (front) half of it. He also owned a building over on Lake Avenue in Metairie, where he taught art classes along with his friend and fellow artist, Bernie Wiest. Bernie taught cartooning, while John taught oil painting to a... Read full biography
New Orleans artist, John Campbell created Southern landscapes. When Campbell died on Friday, May 13th, 1997, at age seventy-two, he was alone in his little duplex apartment in New Orleans East, apparently without any family. He owned the whole duplex and rented out the other (front) half of it. He also owned a building over on Lake Avenue in Metairie, where he taught art classes along with his friend and fellow artist, Bernie Wiest. Bernie taught cartooning, while John taught oil painting to a collection of about ten well-off New Orleans women. John admired the painting of Robert Wood and used a lot of bright colors, such as Cobalt Blue, which he would mix together to get his browns and other darks. He once said that his favorite color was... Read full biography
New Orleans artist, John Campbell created Southern landscapes. When Campbell died on Friday, May 13th, 1997, at age seventy-two, he was alone in his little duplex apartment in New Orleans East, apparently without any family. He owned the whole duplex and rented out the other (front) half of it. He also owned a building over on Lake Avenue in Metairie, where he taught art classes along with his friend and fellow artist, Bernie Wiest. Bernie taught cartooning, while John taught oil painting to a collection of about ten well-off New Orleans women. John admired the painting of Robert Wood and used a lot of bright colors, such as Cobalt Blue, which he would mix together to get his browns and other darks. He once said that his favorite color was yellow. He particularly liked the Da Vinci (DVD) Raw Sienna. With these yellows he liked to mix Holbein'... Read full biography
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes