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1930 Portland - 1992. Known for: Abstract, landscape.
Bryon Gardner was one of Oregon's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century. He was born in Portland in 1930 and studied with Louis Bunce in his home town. Gardner then traveled to New York... Read full biography
Bryon Gardner was one of Oregon's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century. He was born in Portland in 1930 and studied with Louis Bunce in his home town. Gardner then traveled to New York for artistic education at the Brooklyn Art Museum. He became influenced by the dynamic abstract... Read full biography
Bryon Gardner was one of Oregon's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century. He was born in Portland in 1930 and studied with Louis Bunce in his home town. Gardner then traveled to New York for artistic education at the Brooklyn Art Museum. He became influenced by the dynamic abstract expressionist movement while in New York, and returned to Oregon totally affected by this revolutionary concept. He became a major part of the modern movement in Oregon and exhibited extensively. These... Read full biography
Bryon Gardner was one of Oregon's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century. He was born in Portland in 1930 and studied with Louis Bunce in his home town. Gardner then traveled to New York for artistic education at the Brooklyn Art Museum. He became influenced by the dynamic abstract expressionist movement while in New York, and returned to Oregon totally affected by this revolutionary concept. He became a major part of the modern movement in Oregon and exhibited extensively. These exhibits included one man shows at the Portland Art Museum, Marylhurst College, Reed College, and Corvallis Art Center in Oregon, besides numerous venues outside the state. He was also invited to show one of his major paintings at the Seattle World's... Read full biography
Bryon Gardner was one of Oregon's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century. He was born in Portland in 1930 and studied with Louis Bunce in his home town. Gardner then traveled to New York for artistic education at the Brooklyn Art Museum. He became influenced by the dynamic abstract expressionist movement while in New York, and returned to Oregon totally affected by this revolutionary concept. He became a major part of the modern movement in Oregon and exhibited extensively. These exhibits included one man shows at the Portland Art Museum, Marylhurst College, Reed College, and Corvallis Art Center in Oregon, besides numerous venues outside the state. He was also invited to show one of his major paintings at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. Gardner's style is often identified with the New York School and sometimes with fellow Northwest modern Mark Tobey, yet i... Read full biography
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Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art School
- •Brooklyn Museum Art School/Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty