A prominent member of the New Hope School, Kenneth R. Nunamaker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1890. He traveled west at the age of seventeen, herding cattle for a living. This marked the beginning of... Read full biography
A prominent member of the New Hope School, Kenneth R. Nunamaker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1890. He traveled west at the age of seventeen, herding cattle for a living. This marked the beginning of Nunamaker's artistic "training". He painted in his spare time, translating the landscape around him... Read full biography
A prominent member of the New Hope School, Kenneth R. Nunamaker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1890. He traveled west at the age of seventeen, herding cattle for a living. This marked the beginning of Nunamaker's artistic "training". He painted in his spare time, translating the landscape around him into shapes on his canvas. Nunamaker received his official training in the art department of the Akron Engraving Company in Ohio. He moved to the Philadelphia area in 1918 and became the art director of... Read full biography
A prominent member of the New Hope School, Kenneth R. Nunamaker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1890. He traveled west at the age of seventeen, herding cattle for a living. This marked the beginning of Nunamaker's artistic "training". He painted in his spare time, translating the landscape around him into shapes on his canvas. Nunamaker received his official training in the art department of the Akron Engraving Company in Ohio. He moved to the Philadelphia area in 1918 and became the art director of Hoedt Studios. He moved to Center Bridge, Pennsylvania in 1923 where he developed a close association with members of the New Hope School. Nunamaker was strongly influenced by the impressionist paintings of Edward W. Redfield, who subsequently took... Read full biography
A prominent member of the New Hope School, Kenneth R. Nunamaker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1890. He traveled west at the age of seventeen, herding cattle for a living. This marked the beginning of Nunamaker's artistic "training". He painted in his spare time, translating the landscape around him into shapes on his canvas. Nunamaker received his official training in the art department of the Akron Engraving Company in Ohio. He moved to the Philadelphia area in 1918 and became the art director of Hoedt Studios. He moved to Center Bridge, Pennsylvania in 1923 where he developed a close association with members of the New Hope School. Nunamaker was strongly influenced by the impressionist paintings of Edward W. Redfield, who subsequently took the young artist "under his wing". With Redfield as an unofficial instructor, Nunamaker became acquainted with the other artists living and wor... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony
2005
Alterman, James M.
612 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
Blue Chips
2004
Alterman, Jim
128 pages (color)
Pennsylvania Impressionism
2002
Gerdts, William; Brian H. Peterson & Yount
340 pages (color)
Up the River: Pennsylvania Impressionists and Modernists Impressionists and Modernists (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Peterson, Brian H.
44 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Pennsylvania Impressionists Painters of the New Hope School (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Taggart and Jorgensen Gallery
38 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Preato, Robert R.; Dr. Sandra L. Langer
104 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index