An abstract painter whose early career was realism, especially urban street scenes, John Sennhauser began changing his style to non-objective in the early 1940s. He was born in Switzerland, was... Read full biography
An abstract painter whose early career was realism, especially urban street scenes, John Sennhauser began changing his style to non-objective in the early 1940s. He was born in Switzerland, was raised in Italy where he studied at the Royal Academy in Venice for two years and then in 1928,... Read full biography
An abstract painter whose early career was realism, especially urban street scenes, John Sennhauser began changing his style to non-objective in the early 1940s. He was born in Switzerland, was raised in Italy where he studied at the Royal Academy in Venice for two years and then in 1928, immigrated to the United States, first earning a living as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Cooper Union from 1930 to 1933, and then taught at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School from 1936 to 1942... Read full biography
An abstract painter whose early career was realism, especially urban street scenes, John Sennhauser began changing his style to non-objective in the early 1940s. He was born in Switzerland, was raised in Italy where he studied at the Royal Academy in Venice for two years and then in 1928, immigrated to the United States, first earning a living as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Cooper Union from 1930 to 1933, and then taught at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School from 1936 to 1942 followed by teaching at the Contemporary School of Art in New York. He also did some private mural commission work. In 1943, he took a job at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, working for Hilla Rebay, who became director of the Guggenheim Museum. About... Read full biography
An abstract painter whose early career was realism, especially urban street scenes, John Sennhauser began changing his style to non-objective in the early 1940s. He was born in Switzerland, was raised in Italy where he studied at the Royal Academy in Venice for two years and then in 1928, immigrated to the United States, first earning a living as an architectural draftsman. He studied at Cooper Union from 1930 to 1933, and then taught at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School from 1936 to 1942 followed by teaching at the Contemporary School of Art in New York. He also did some private mural commission work. In 1943, he took a job at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, working for Hilla Rebay, who became director of the Guggenheim Museum. About that same time, he began expressing his strong leanings towards abstraction and described his inspirati... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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Order and Intuition American Abstraction From The Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, 1913-1954 (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Berman, Avis (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
120 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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Theme & Improvisation Kandinsky & the American Avant-Garde (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Levin, Gail/Marianne Lorenz
236 pages
American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art
1992
Strazdes, Diana
511 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960
1988
Susan Sheehan Inc
104 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America 1927-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Lane, John R and Susan Larsen
256 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
The World of Abstract Art
1957
American Abstract Artists
167 pages (color)
American Painting Today
1956
Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (ed)
127 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index