The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Page loaded successfully. Showing books for Thomas Victor Downing Jr.
Artist Books
Books page for Thomas Victor Downing Jr ((1928 - 1985)), known for Modernist-optical, geometric painting, teaching. Showing 15 books.
Thomas Victor Downing Jr PUBLICATIONS
1928 Suffolk, Virginia - 1985. Known for: Modernist-optical, geometric painting, teaching.
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of his compositions were arranged small dots of pure color on unprimed canvas, and other works were monochromatic geometric shapes linked to letters of the alphabet. Thomas Downing studied at Catholic University in the 1950s, worked primarily in... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of his compositions were arranged small dots of pure color on unprimed canvas, and other works were monochromatic geometric shapes linked to letters of the alphabet. Thomas Downing studied at Catholic University in the 1950s, worked primarily in Washington DC and exhibited there at the Corcoran Gallery. Other exhibition venues were the Whitney Museum of Modern Art and t... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing Jr - Artist Info
About Thomas Victor Downing Jr: Books
Books & Publications (15)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making
1999Passantino, Erika D (editor)819 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981Osborne, Harold656 pages (color)Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay)270 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)The Washington Artists 1950-1970
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Edmonton Art Gallery62 pages (color)New Tendencies in Art
1966Pellegrini, Aldo320 pages (color)Systemic Painting
1966
(Exhibition catalog)Solomon R Guggenheim Museum66 pages (color)The Responsive Eye
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Seitz, William C56 pages (color)