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1887 Blickwell, Indiana - 1918 New York City. Known for: Modernist figure painting, drawing.
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Born in Blickwell, Indiana, Rex Slinkard became a noted figure painter whose work ranged from the styles of social realism to symbolism. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with Robert... Read full biography
Born in Blickwell, Indiana, Rex Slinkard became a noted figure painter whose work ranged from the styles of social realism to symbolism. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with Robert Henri, and from 1910 to 1913 taught at the Art Students League in Los Angeles. There he was the most... Read full biography
Born in Blickwell, Indiana, Rex Slinkard became a noted figure painter whose work ranged from the styles of social realism to symbolism. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with Robert Henri, and from 1910 to 1913 taught at the Art Students League in Los Angeles. There he was the most progressive force in Los Angeles as a painter and teacher, and his life drawing classes were innovative in that they were the first on the West Coast to incorporate the methods of Henri. Later with... Read full biography
Born in Blickwell, Indiana, Rex Slinkard became a noted figure painter whose work ranged from the styles of social realism to symbolism. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with Robert Henri, and from 1910 to 1913 taught at the Art Students League in Los Angeles. There he was the most progressive force in Los Angeles as a painter and teacher, and his life drawing classes were innovative in that they were the first on the West Coast to incorporate the methods of Henri. Later with softly colored, brushed-looking figures, Slinkard developed his own personal form of symbolic modernism, intended to create mood rather than suggest any specific action. He revered the Italian Renaissance artists Botticelli and Giotto for the way they... Read full biography
Born in Blickwell, Indiana, Rex Slinkard became a noted figure painter whose work ranged from the styles of social realism to symbolism. He studied at the Art Students League in New York with Robert Henri, and from 1910 to 1913 taught at the Art Students League in Los Angeles. There he was the most progressive force in Los Angeles as a painter and teacher, and his life drawing classes were innovative in that they were the first on the West Coast to incorporate the methods of Henri. Later with softly colored, brushed-looking figures, Slinkard developed his own personal form of symbolic modernism, intended to create mood rather than suggest any specific action. He revered the Italian Renaissance artists Botticelli and Giotto for the way they treated figures. In his letters, which are now in the Stanford Museum, he recorded his feelings: "It's wonderful to work.&nb... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArtists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Who 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)On the Edge of America California Modernist Art, 1900-1950
1996Karlstrom, Paul J (editor)308 pages (color)The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art
1993Eitner, Lorenz (others)418 pages (color)Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesSouthern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary
1984Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall291 pagesEarly American Modernist Painting 1910-1935
1981Davidson, Abraham A324 pages (color)Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles, 1900-1945
1980Wall, Nancy Dustin112 pagesAmerican Imagination and Symbolist Painting
1979
(Exhibition catalog)Eldredge, Charles C176 pages (color)Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976San Francisco Mus Modern Art272 pages (color)Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters etc
1972Hartley, Marsden254 pages