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1925 Spokane, Washington - 2001 Seattle, Washington. Known for: Geometric abstraction painting.
Kenney, Leo (1925-2001): Painter of the Spirit of the Circle. The painter Leo Kenney, born in Spokane, came with his family to Seattle in the 1930s. Seattle Art Museum director Dr. Richard Fuller... Read full biography
Kenney, Leo (1925-2001): Painter of the Spirit of the Circle. The painter Leo Kenney, born in Spokane, came with his family to Seattle in the 1930s. Seattle Art Museum director Dr. Richard Fuller gave him a solo show at the museum in 1949 -- when he was just 24 -- and he remains one of the youngest... Read full biography
Kenney, Leo (1925-2001): Painter of the Spirit of the Circle. The painter Leo Kenney, born in Spokane, came with his family to Seattle in the 1930s. Seattle Art Museum director Dr. Richard Fuller gave him a solo show at the museum in 1949 -- when he was just 24 -- and he remains one of the youngest artists ever to have received this recognition. He experimented with mescaline in 1962, and his artwork changed to represent the art for which he is best known: psychedelic circle paintings that he... Read full biography
Kenney, Leo (1925-2001): Painter of the Spirit of the Circle. The painter Leo Kenney, born in Spokane, came with his family to Seattle in the 1930s. Seattle Art Museum director Dr. Richard Fuller gave him a solo show at the museum in 1949 -- when he was just 24 -- and he remains one of the youngest artists ever to have received this recognition. He experimented with mescaline in 1962, and his artwork changed to represent the art for which he is best known: psychedelic circle paintings that he considered representations of nature. This biography of Leo Kenney is reprinted from Deloris Tarzan Ament's Iridescent Light: The Emergence of Northwest Art (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002). Note: All unattributed quotations are from... Read full biography
Kenney, Leo (1925-2001): Painter of the Spirit of the Circle. The painter Leo Kenney, born in Spokane, came with his family to Seattle in the 1930s. Seattle Art Museum director Dr. Richard Fuller gave him a solo show at the museum in 1949 -- when he was just 24 -- and he remains one of the youngest artists ever to have received this recognition. He experimented with mescaline in 1962, and his artwork changed to represent the art for which he is best known: psychedelic circle paintings that he considered representations of nature. This biography of Leo Kenney is reprinted from Deloris Tarzan Ament's Iridescent Light: The Emergence of Northwest Art (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002). Note: All unattributed quotations are from Deloris Tarzan Ament's interview with Leo Kenny on February 17, 1999. Painter as Prodigy. While most other Nort... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesIridescent Light: The Emergence of Northwest Art
2002Ament, Deloris Tarzan388 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesSketchbook, A Memoir of the 30's and the Northwest School
1984Cumming, William239 pagesNorthwest Traditions
1978
(Exhibition catalog)Cowles, Charles (others)105 pages (color)Art of the Pacific Northwest From the 1930s to the Present
1974
(Exhibition catalog)National Collection/Fine Arts141 pagesThe West Coast Now Current Work from the Western Seaboard
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Portland Art Museum160 pages