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1872 St Louis, Missouri - 1969 Brandenton, Florida. Known for: Portrait and landscape painting, murals, illustration.
Blandon Reed Campbell, born in 1872, produced a body of work as divergent as a colorful oil on canvas of dancing nymphs to work as dark in color and mood as his Depression-era "Derelict, N.Y.," 1933.... Read full biography
Blandon Reed Campbell, born in 1872, produced a body of work as divergent as a colorful oil on canvas of dancing nymphs to work as dark in color and mood as his Depression-era "Derelict, N.Y.," 1933. A line of darkly-dressed, Depression-caused derelicts sit amidst garbage along a wooden fence... Read full biography
Blandon Reed Campbell, born in 1872, produced a body of work as divergent as a colorful oil on canvas of dancing nymphs to work as dark in color and mood as his Depression-era "Derelict, N.Y.," 1933. A line of darkly-dressed, Depression-caused derelicts sit amidst garbage along a wooden fence diagonally retreating into the painting, with buildings and newly-washed clothes drying beyond. Posters on the fence advertise fun at "Coney Island" and an automobile offering "speed" and "comfort" for... Read full biography
Blandon Reed Campbell, born in 1872, produced a body of work as divergent as a colorful oil on canvas of dancing nymphs to work as dark in color and mood as his Depression-era "Derelict, N.Y.," 1933. A line of darkly-dressed, Depression-caused derelicts sit amidst garbage along a wooden fence diagonally retreating into the painting, with buildings and newly-washed clothes drying beyond. Posters on the fence advertise fun at "Coney Island" and an automobile offering "speed" and "comfort" for $450, low to us today, but as far away as the moon for these unemployed. Campbell painted a series of nymphs in the 1930's, in the depths of the Depression perhaps to much the same effect as escapist Shirley Temple films and other movie musicals.... Read full biography
Blandon Reed Campbell, born in 1872, produced a body of work as divergent as a colorful oil on canvas of dancing nymphs to work as dark in color and mood as his Depression-era "Derelict, N.Y.," 1933. A line of darkly-dressed, Depression-caused derelicts sit amidst garbage along a wooden fence diagonally retreating into the painting, with buildings and newly-washed clothes drying beyond. Posters on the fence advertise fun at "Coney Island" and an automobile offering "speed" and "comfort" for $450, low to us today, but as far away as the moon for these unemployed. Campbell painted a series of nymphs in the 1930's, in the depths of the Depression perhaps to much the same effect as escapist Shirley Temple films and other movie musicals. Campbell studied in Paris with Laurens and Constant at the Academie Julien and later with Whistler. He was a prize-winning artist in venues ra... Read full biography
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Keywords (42)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Chalk
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Europe
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Art Association of Paris
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •James McNeill Whistler
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts