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Born 1937 Omaha, Nebraska. Known for: Pop-word modeling illusions.
Edward Ruscha was born on December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was brought up in Oklahoma. In 1956 Ruscha drove west from Oklahoma City with songwriter Mason Williams. At the time he was doing... Read full biography
Edward Ruscha was born on December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was brought up in Oklahoma. In 1956 Ruscha drove west from Oklahoma City with songwriter Mason Williams. At the time he was doing monosyllable word paintings, as well as the paintings of gas stations, sunsets and the Hollywood sign.... Read full biography
Edward Ruscha was born on December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was brought up in Oklahoma. In 1956 Ruscha drove west from Oklahoma City with songwriter Mason Williams. At the time he was doing monosyllable word paintings, as well as the paintings of gas stations, sunsets and the Hollywood sign. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles under Richard Rubin from 1956 through 1960. He served in the United States Navy in Los Angeles at about the same time. He married Danna Knego,... Read full biography
Edward Ruscha was born on December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was brought up in Oklahoma. In 1956 Ruscha drove west from Oklahoma City with songwriter Mason Williams. At the time he was doing monosyllable word paintings, as well as the paintings of gas stations, sunsets and the Hollywood sign. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles under Richard Rubin from 1956 through 1960. He served in the United States Navy in Los Angeles at about the same time. He married Danna Knego, and in 1968 their only son, Edward Joseph Ruscha V, was born. They called him Frenchy. In 1977, Ruscha and Danna were divorced, but ten years later they remarried. They live in a low-slung ranch house high in the Santa Monica Mountains. When their... Read full biography
Edward Ruscha was born on December 16, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was brought up in Oklahoma. In 1956 Ruscha drove west from Oklahoma City with songwriter Mason Williams. At the time he was doing monosyllable word paintings, as well as the paintings of gas stations, sunsets and the Hollywood sign. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles under Richard Rubin from 1956 through 1960. He served in the United States Navy in Los Angeles at about the same time. He married Danna Knego, and in 1968 their only son, Edward Joseph Ruscha V, was born. They called him Frenchy. In 1977, Ruscha and Danna were divorced, but ten years later they remarried. They live in a low-slung ranch house high in the Santa Monica Mountains. When their next door neighbors moved out, they bought that house, and remodeled the two houses to... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Crown Point Press Print Maker
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Silhouettist
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Chalk
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Enamel Paint
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art