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1911 Kansas City, Missouri - 1999 Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Known for: Urban scene, industrial, regionalism.
Glenn Gant (1911–1999) was a painter who was best known for his Regionalist and American Scene paintings. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He began his art career at the Kansas City Art... Read full biography
Glenn Gant (1911–1999) was a painter who was best known for his Regionalist and American Scene paintings. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He began his art career at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1930, and he studied under famed Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton in the mid- to... Read full biography
Glenn Gant (1911–1999) was a painter who was best known for his Regionalist and American Scene paintings. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He began his art career at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1930, and he studied under famed Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton in the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1930s and ‘40’s, Gant became widely known in his own right for his regionalist paintings of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. World War II interrupted his career, as he served... Read full biography
Glenn Gant (1911–1999) was a painter who was best known for his Regionalist and American Scene paintings. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He began his art career at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1930, and he studied under famed Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton in the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1930s and ‘40’s, Gant became widely known in his own right for his regionalist paintings of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. World War II interrupted his career, as he served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. Gant returned to Kansas City after the war and was a member of the Art Institute’s faculty until 1960. During the early 1950s Gant studied at the University of the Americas in Mexico City. His work of the time was... Read full biography
Glenn Gant (1911–1999) was a painter who was best known for his Regionalist and American Scene paintings. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He began his art career at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1930, and he studied under famed Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton in the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1930s and ‘40’s, Gant became widely known in his own right for his regionalist paintings of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. World War II interrupted his career, as he served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. Gant returned to Kansas City after the war and was a member of the Art Institute’s faculty until 1960. During the early 1950s Gant studied at the University of the Americas in Mexico City. His work of the time was influenced by Mexican artists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. In 1960, Gant moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas,... Read full biography
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Teacher
- •Thomas Hart Benton
Art School
- •Kansas City Art Institute, Student
- •Kansas City Art Institute, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing