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Born 1937 Ventura, California. Known for: Photo real interiors and genre painting.
Photo-Realist painter Jack Mendenhall was born in 1937. He bases his work on meticulous depictions of magazine photographs to comment ironically on society. Some of his paintings make use of multiple... Read full biography
Photo-Realist painter Jack Mendenhall was born in 1937. He bases his work on meticulous depictions of magazine photographs to comment ironically on society. Some of his paintings make use of multiple mirror images which, while enhancing the abstract characteristics of his canvases, also seem to... Read full biography
Photo-Realist painter Jack Mendenhall was born in 1937. He bases his work on meticulous depictions of magazine photographs to comment ironically on society. Some of his paintings make use of multiple mirror images which, while enhancing the abstract characteristics of his canvases, also seem to question the nature of reality and the world of contemporary societal values. The artist studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he also taught. He received a purchase award from the... Read full biography
Photo-Realist painter Jack Mendenhall was born in 1937. He bases his work on meticulous depictions of magazine photographs to comment ironically on society. Some of his paintings make use of multiple mirror images which, while enhancing the abstract characteristics of his canvases, also seem to question the nature of reality and the world of contemporary societal values. The artist studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he also taught. He received a purchase award from the Butler Institute of American Art, and has exhibited in the Tokyo Biennial as well as a traveling exhibition, Realism Since 1960. His work is in the collections of the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland Museum. Jack Mendenhall lives... Read full biography
Photo-Realist painter Jack Mendenhall was born in 1937. He bases his work on meticulous depictions of magazine photographs to comment ironically on society. Some of his paintings make use of multiple mirror images which, while enhancing the abstract characteristics of his canvases, also seem to question the nature of reality and the world of contemporary societal values. The artist studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he also taught. He received a purchase award from the Butler Institute of American Art, and has exhibited in the Tokyo Biennial as well as a traveling exhibition, Realism Since 1960. His work is in the collections of the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland Museum. Jack Mendenhall lives and works in Oakland, California. Source:. Les Krantz, American Artists, Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Artists
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Interior Scenes
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
- •California College of the Arts (and Crafts), Teacher
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty