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1944 Appleton, Minnesota - 2002 Peterboro, Ontario. Known for: Old Master style painting-portraits.
Davaid Bierk was born in Minnesota and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His early works shows an interest and respect of the West Coast Pop and Photo Realism Art movement of the... Read full biography
Davaid Bierk was born in Minnesota and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His early works shows an interest and respect of the West Coast Pop and Photo Realism Art movement of the time. His 1970 graduation project included a large self-portrait painted against a landscape in the... Read full biography
Davaid Bierk was born in Minnesota and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His early works shows an interest and respect of the West Coast Pop and Photo Realism Art movement of the time. His 1970 graduation project included a large self-portrait painted against a landscape in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci and another large painting, a diptych entitled In Search of the American Dream. The painting depicted Shirley Temple covering the top half of the canvas with a group of... Read full biography
Davaid Bierk was born in Minnesota and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His early works shows an interest and respect of the West Coast Pop and Photo Realism Art movement of the time. His 1970 graduation project included a large self-portrait painted against a landscape in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci and another large painting, a diptych entitled In Search of the American Dream. The painting depicted Shirley Temple covering the top half of the canvas with a group of newly arrived immigrants in the lower half/foreground. After moving to Canada in 1972, he painted Canadian imagery with Hockey Night in Canada in 1973, The Laundromat and A Canadian Interior in 1975 and the Cremation of Sam McGee, which later was... Read full biography
Davaid Bierk was born in Minnesota and studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. His early works shows an interest and respect of the West Coast Pop and Photo Realism Art movement of the time. His 1970 graduation project included a large self-portrait painted against a landscape in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci and another large painting, a diptych entitled In Search of the American Dream. The painting depicted Shirley Temple covering the top half of the canvas with a group of newly arrived immigrants in the lower half/foreground. After moving to Canada in 1972, he painted Canadian imagery with Hockey Night in Canada in 1973, The Laundromat and A Canadian Interior in 1975 and the Cremation of Sam McGee, which later was reproduced as a Canadian Postage stamp in 1976. He also painted a ser... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950