The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (19671970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both... Read full biography
The following, submitted August 2005 and reviewed 2017, is from the artist. Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (19671970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both Surrealism and Constructivism. Early hard-edge paintings from the mid-1960's feature a series of screaming babies set in brightly color... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Passionate Collector: Robert B. Mayer's Adventures In Art
2012
Mayer, Robert B.
179 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
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Humor in Art
1997
Roukes, Nicholas
0 pages
Art in Chicago, 1945-1995 Museum of Contemporary Art (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Museum of Contemporary Art
0 pages
The Fine Art Index Vol. 1
1994
International Art Reference
0 pages
Living with Art Three: The collection of Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Miami University Art Museum
0 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
Martha Jackson Memorial Collection
1985
Rand, Harry
0 pages
Living with Art Two: The Collection of Walter & Dawn Clark Netsch (Exhibition catalog)