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1904 - 1981. Known for: Landscape-rural, plantations, mural.
Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near... Read full biography
Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near Boston and lived in New York City for 9 years. However, most of his life was spent in the South,... Read full biography
Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near Boston and lived in New York City for 9 years. However, most of his life was spent in the South, primarily Louisiana. He painted nearly every plantation home in Louisiana that was standing from 1940-1970. He painted numerous large oil murals for various dignitaries and clientele, including the Ford Motor... Read full biography
Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near Boston and lived in New York City for 9 years. However, most of his life was spent in the South, primarily Louisiana. He painted nearly every plantation home in Louisiana that was standing from 1940-1970. He painted numerous large oil murals for various dignitaries and clientele, including the Ford Motor Company. But his favorite medium was watercolor. Most of his watercolors are textbook examples on form and style. His subjects were usually landscapes and his work is impeccable. Source:. Sidney S Moreland IV:.... Read full biography
Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near Boston and lived in New York City for 9 years. However, most of his life was spent in the South, primarily Louisiana. He painted nearly every plantation home in Louisiana that was standing from 1940-1970. He painted numerous large oil murals for various dignitaries and clientele, including the Ford Motor Company. But his favorite medium was watercolor. Most of his watercolors are textbook examples on form and style. His subjects were usually landscapes and his work is impeccable. Source:. Sidney S Moreland IV:. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Ben Earl Looney's "favorite medium" was not watercolor. Although most of his work published in b... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty