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1936 Rutland, Vermont - 1992. Known for: Abstraction-op art.
The following, submitted March 2005, is from William Garbus, a student of Francis Hewitt in 1967 and 1968 in a two-dimensional design class at Cooper Union in New York City. I studied 2 dimensional... Read full biography
The following, submitted March 2005, is from William Garbus, a student of Francis Hewitt in 1967 and 1968 in a two-dimensional design class at Cooper Union in New York City. I studied 2 dimensional design at Cooper Union Art School as a freshman with Frank Hewitt from September 1967 to June 1968.... Read full biography
The following, submitted March 2005, is from William Garbus, a student of Francis Hewitt in 1967 and 1968 in a two-dimensional design class at Cooper Union in New York City. I studied 2 dimensional design at Cooper Union Art School as a freshman with Frank Hewitt from September 1967 to June 1968. He had an enormous influence on my thinking in my formative late teen years as a young artist. His ideas completely changed my thinking about drawing, painting, color theory, and modern art, of which... Read full biography
The following, submitted March 2005, is from William Garbus, a student of Francis Hewitt in 1967 and 1968 in a two-dimensional design class at Cooper Union in New York City. I studied 2 dimensional design at Cooper Union Art School as a freshman with Frank Hewitt from September 1967 to June 1968. He had an enormous influence on my thinking in my formative late teen years as a young artist. His ideas completely changed my thinking about drawing, painting, color theory, and modern art, of which he had an encyclopedic knowledge. It was in large part because of his influence that led me to switch the focus of my artwork, which changed from expressive figuration to geometric and architectonic, and which eventually led me to the study and... Read full biography
The following, submitted March 2005, is from William Garbus, a student of Francis Hewitt in 1967 and 1968 in a two-dimensional design class at Cooper Union in New York City. I studied 2 dimensional design at Cooper Union Art School as a freshman with Frank Hewitt from September 1967 to June 1968. He had an enormous influence on my thinking in my formative late teen years as a young artist. His ideas completely changed my thinking about drawing, painting, color theory, and modern art, of which he had an encyclopedic knowledge. It was in large part because of his influence that led me to switch the focus of my artwork, which changed from expressive figuration to geometric and architectonic, and which eventually led me to the study and practice of architecture. Frank Hewitt was an extremely dedicated and inspiring teacher to many of my. fellow students and me. He was... Read full biography
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About Francis Hewitt: Keywords
Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Op Art, Optical
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art School
- •Cleveland School (Academy) of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Teacher
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York