Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
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1904 Convoy, Ohio - 1981 Denver, Colorado. Known for: Abstraction, modernist-leaning landscape, mural painting.
Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have... Read full biography
Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have variously referred to him as the "Father of Modern Colorado Painting", "Dean of Colorado Artists" and... Read full biography
Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have variously referred to him as the "Father of Modern Colorado Painting", "Dean of Colorado Artists" and "Colorado's pre-eminent artist." He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928. He was the founding Director of the School of Art at the University of Denver (1929-32, 1946-69), and ran the... Read full biography
Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have variously referred to him as the "Father of Modern Colorado Painting", "Dean of Colorado Artists" and "Colorado's pre-eminent artist." He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928. He was the founding Director of the School of Art at the University of Denver (1929-32, 1946-69), and ran the Kirkland School of Art in Denver (1932-46). Because of his academic pursuits, he was able to paint exactly as he wanted, without financial pressure. This was particularly helpful when he discontinued his realist and surrealist watercolors halfway through... Read full biography
Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have variously referred to him as the "Father of Modern Colorado Painting", "Dean of Colorado Artists" and "Colorado's pre-eminent artist." He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928. He was the founding Director of the School of Art at the University of Denver (1929-32, 1946-69), and ran the Kirkland School of Art in Denver (1932-46). Because of his academic pursuits, he was able to paint exactly as he wanted, without financial pressure. This was particularly helpful when he discontinued his realist and surrealist watercolors halfway through his career, after major successes, and decided to change to oil abstraction in 1953. Kirkland exhibited extensively at Knoedl... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport'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 pagesAmerican Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region
1992
(Exhibition catalog)Adams, Henry (others)495 pages (color)The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesThe American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988Columbus Museum of Art271 pages (color)Dictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesThe First Western States Biennial Exhibition Western States Art Foundation
1979
(Exhibition catalog)Ewing, Robert A; Joshua Taylor (Intro)80 pages (color)Vance Kirkland Fifty Years
1978
(Exhibition catalog)Denver Art Museum47 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesAmerican Art from the Denver Art Museum Collection
1969Curator127 pagesThe Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
1944
(Exhibition catalog)The Art Institute of Chicago22 pagesExperiencing American Pictures
1943Pearson, Ralph M234 pages (color)Romantic Painting in America
1943
(Exhibition catalog)Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller144 pagesFirst National Exhibition of American Art
1936
(Exhibition catalog)Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)32 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages