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1925 Lansing, Michigan - 1990 Valencia, California. Known for: Science fiction illustration, comics, video art.
Ed Emshwiller (born: Edmund Alexander Emshwiller) studied painting, illustration and design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After he graduated he went on to study at L'École des Beaux Arts... Read full biography
Ed Emshwiller (born: Edmund Alexander Emshwiller) studied painting, illustration and design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After he graduated he went on to study at L'École des Beaux Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York City. He soon became an abstract expressionist... Read full biography
Ed Emshwiller (born: Edmund Alexander Emshwiller) studied painting, illustration and design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After he graduated he went on to study at L'École des Beaux Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York City. He soon became an abstract expressionist painter with an increasing number of successful shows behind him. A self-assured kinetic assertiveness and choreographic impressibility distinguish his paintings from this period, while they betoken his... Read full biography
Ed Emshwiller (born: Edmund Alexander Emshwiller) studied painting, illustration and design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After he graduated he went on to study at L'École des Beaux Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York City. He soon became an abstract expressionist painter with an increasing number of successful shows behind him. A self-assured kinetic assertiveness and choreographic impressibility distinguish his paintings from this period, while they betoken his fascination with dance. Evidence of this is clearly shown in the artist's first experimental film "Paintings by Ed Emshwiller (1955-1958)" (In the film images of dancing bodies are interplayed with Emshwiller's abstract paintings). Although well... Read full biography
Ed Emshwiller (born: Edmund Alexander Emshwiller) studied painting, illustration and design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After he graduated he went on to study at L'École des Beaux Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York City. He soon became an abstract expressionist painter with an increasing number of successful shows behind him. A self-assured kinetic assertiveness and choreographic impressibility distinguish his paintings from this period, while they betoken his fascination with dance. Evidence of this is clearly shown in the artist's first experimental film "Paintings by Ed Emshwiller (1955-1958)" (In the film images of dancing bodies are interplayed with Emshwiller's abstract paintings). Although well received as an abstract expressionist who kept on producing abstract work - due to quickly unfolding events - he beca... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Magazine Illustration
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Pulp Fiction Illustrator