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1903 Buffalo, New York - 1976 New Mexico. Known for: Mod western imagery, graphics.
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings,... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings, Schleeter developed his signature modern art style of painting using heavy impasto to highlight his brushstrokes and modernist techniques. This style of paint application was as dynamic as his artistic visions. His landscape paintings created with this... Read full biography
Howard Schleeter was born in Buffalo, New York in 1903. He was the son of a commercial artist, and briefly studied at the Albright Art School. After serving time in the US Army during WWI he found his way to New Mexico in 1929. He would spend the rest of his life there living in Albuquerque from 1930 to 1970, with brief periods of living in Santa Fe (1958-1968) and Placitas (1970-1976). During the 1930s when most NM artists were focused on creating traditional landscape and genre paintings, Schleeter developed his signature modern art style of painting using heavy impasto to highlight his brushstrokes and modernist techniques. This style of paint application was as dynamic as his artistic visions. His landscape paintings created with this technique have a uniqueness not found in most art of the time. His dynamic scenes of the NM environment with modernist compositions set him... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Scratchboard, Sgraffito
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting