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1934 Dodge City, Kansas - 2022 Venice, Califiornia. Known for: Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons.
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 88. His wife, Wendy Al, confirmed the death, of unspecified cause. A surfer, a motorcycle racer and briefly a Hollywood stuntman, Mr. Bengston found prominence in the late 1950s as part of a new wave of Southern California... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 88. His wife, Wendy Al, confirmed the death, of unspecified cause. A surfer, a motorcycle racer and briefly a Hollywood stuntman, Mr. Bengston found prominence in the late 1950s as part of a new wave of Southern California artists aligned with the pioneering Ferus Gallery in West Hollywood, founded by Walter Hopps and the artist Ed Kienholz.... Read full biography
Billy Al Bengston - Artist Info
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Spray Can, Spray Gun Painting, Aerosol
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art Teacher
- •Peter Voulkos
- •Richard Diebenkorn
- •Sabro Hasegawa
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art