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1931 New York, New York - 1997. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape-botanics, stormy seas.
A strong conservationist, Alan Gussow painted landscapes and seascapes that combined realism and abstraction. He was the first official artist for the Cape Cod National Seashore association and... Read full biography
A strong conservationist, Alan Gussow painted landscapes and seascapes that combined realism and abstraction. He was the first official artist for the Cape Cod National Seashore association and chairman of the American Beautiful Fund in the 1970s. From 1956 to 1968, he was a teacher at the Parsons... Read full biography
A strong conservationist, Alan Gussow painted landscapes and seascapes that combined realism and abstraction. He was the first official artist for the Cape Cod National Seashore association and chairman of the American Beautiful Fund in the 1970s. From 1956 to 1968, he was a teacher at the Parsons School of Design. In 1972, his book, A Sense of Place, was published. The work featured reproductions of his paintings and text celebrating the American landscape. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk... Read full biography
A strong conservationist, Alan Gussow painted landscapes and seascapes that combined realism and abstraction. He was the first official artist for the Cape Cod National Seashore association and chairman of the American Beautiful Fund in the 1970s. From 1956 to 1968, he was a teacher at the Parsons School of Design. In 1972, his book, A Sense of Place, was published. The work featured reproductions of his paintings and text celebrating the American landscape. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk (editor), Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
A strong conservationist, Alan Gussow painted landscapes and seascapes that combined realism and abstraction. He was the first official artist for the Cape Cod National Seashore association and chairman of the American Beautiful Fund in the 1970s. From 1956 to 1968, he was a teacher at the Parsons School of Design. In 1972, his book, A Sense of Place, was published. The work featured reproductions of his paintings and text celebrating the American landscape. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk (editor), Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
Alan Gussow - Artist Info
About Alan Gussow: Keywords
Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nature, Environment, Botanicals, Conservation
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Monhegan Island, Maine
Art School
- •American Academy, Rome, Student
- •Atelier 17, Stanley Hayter Workshop, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Parsons, The New School for Design, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix de Rome Prize
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Botany Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts