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Born 1945. Known for: Abstract, figure and landscape painting.
An excerpt from "On George Lloyd" by W. S. Di Piero. "George Lloyd has lived west and east, and different weathers coexist in his work to strong, sometimes disturbing effect, especially in the... Read full biography
An excerpt from "On George Lloyd" by W. S. Di Piero. "George Lloyd has lived west and east, and different weathers coexist in his work to strong, sometimes disturbing effect, especially in the paintings he has made these past twenty years while living in Maine. After graduate work at Yale in 1969,... Read full biography
An excerpt from "On George Lloyd" by W. S. Di Piero. "George Lloyd has lived west and east, and different weathers coexist in his work to strong, sometimes disturbing effect, especially in the paintings he has made these past twenty years while living in Maine. After graduate work at Yale in 1969, he went to the Bay Area, where he lived until 1982. He spent those formative years in the wake of Bay Area Figurative painting of the 1950s. Soon after arriving in Berkeley, he was befriended by Elmer... Read full biography
An excerpt from "On George Lloyd" by W. S. Di Piero. "George Lloyd has lived west and east, and different weathers coexist in his work to strong, sometimes disturbing effect, especially in the paintings he has made these past twenty years while living in Maine. After graduate work at Yale in 1969, he went to the Bay Area, where he lived until 1982. He spent those formative years in the wake of Bay Area Figurative painting of the 1950s. Soon after arriving in Berkeley, he was befriended by Elmer Bischoff and joined his drawing group. Lloyd's early west coast paintings have the revved up colorism we associate with the work of Richard Diebenkorn and David Park; they also have a bold, slashing seasonless-ness, as the Bay Area can seem... Read full biography
An excerpt from "On George Lloyd" by W. S. Di Piero. "George Lloyd has lived west and east, and different weathers coexist in his work to strong, sometimes disturbing effect, especially in the paintings he has made these past twenty years while living in Maine. After graduate work at Yale in 1969, he went to the Bay Area, where he lived until 1982. He spent those formative years in the wake of Bay Area Figurative painting of the 1950s. Soon after arriving in Berkeley, he was befriended by Elmer Bischoff and joined his drawing group. Lloyd's early west coast paintings have the revved up colorism we associate with the work of Richard Diebenkorn and David Park; they also have a bold, slashing seasonless-ness, as the Bay Area can seem seasonless. Lloyd has never been a diffident or discreet artist. He's an enthusiast, excitable and large-gestured like Bischof... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art School
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty