Growing up in New Jersey, William Kalwick Jr. established a studio in Houston, Texas, from where he travels to Guatemala to paint the people and their colorful costumes, a subject that has become his... Read full biography
Growing up in New Jersey, William Kalwick Jr. established a studio in Houston, Texas, from where he travels to Guatemala to paint the people and their colorful costumes, a subject that has become his signature work. He was encouraged in his art talent by his father, William Kalwick, Sr., an artist,... Read full biography
Growing up in New Jersey, William Kalwick Jr. established a studio in Houston, Texas, from where he travels to Guatemala to paint the people and their colorful costumes, a subject that has become his signature work. He was encouraged in his art talent by his father, William Kalwick, Sr., an artist, and he took classes at the Art Students League in New York where he studied with his father's teacher, Lajos Markos. This influence set the course of Kalwick's painting career. Markos moved to... Read full biography
Growing up in New Jersey, William Kalwick Jr. established a studio in Houston, Texas, from where he travels to Guatemala to paint the people and their colorful costumes, a subject that has become his signature work. He was encouraged in his art talent by his father, William Kalwick, Sr., an artist, and he took classes at the Art Students League in New York where he studied with his father's teacher, Lajos Markos. This influence set the course of Kalwick's painting career. Markos moved to Houston, and Kalwick followed him there and painted with Markos every day for five years. He credits Markos with teaching him "everything" about light, values, stretching canvases, etc. With him, he painted hundreds of still lifes, landscapes, and... Read full biography
Growing up in New Jersey, William Kalwick Jr. established a studio in Houston, Texas, from where he travels to Guatemala to paint the people and their colorful costumes, a subject that has become his signature work. He was encouraged in his art talent by his father, William Kalwick, Sr., an artist, and he took classes at the Art Students League in New York where he studied with his father's teacher, Lajos Markos. This influence set the course of Kalwick's painting career. Markos moved to Houston, and Kalwick followed him there and painted with Markos every day for five years. He credits Markos with teaching him "everything" about light, values, stretching canvases, etc. With him, he painted hundreds of still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, and they painted in many locations from Venice to West Texas. Markos also encouraged him to copy Old Master paintings such as Caravag... Read full biography
William J Kalwick Jr - Artist Info
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Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Prix de West 30th Anniversary 2003 (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Schroeder, Charles (Intro)
204 pages (color)
Prix de West Invitational 1997 (Exhibition catalog)