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1905 Ossining, New York - 1987. Known for: Surreal landscape-figures, mural.
Jared French was born in 1905, attended Amherst College in the 1920s, and died in Italy in 1988. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, muralist and print-maker of enigmatic, nearly surrealist... Read full biography
Jared French was born in 1905, attended Amherst College in the 1920s, and died in Italy in 1988. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, muralist and print-maker of enigmatic, nearly surrealist compositions of the male figure. His work has also been described as magic realism. Isolation, alienation... Read full biography
Jared French was born in 1905, attended Amherst College in the 1920s, and died in Italy in 1988. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, muralist and print-maker of enigmatic, nearly surrealist compositions of the male figure. His work has also been described as magic realism. Isolation, alienation and anxiety seem his major themes. However, French's intentions about his painting are almost as mysterious as the paintings themselves, and he clearly intended them to remain that way. He hinted that... Read full biography
Jared French was born in 1905, attended Amherst College in the 1920s, and died in Italy in 1988. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, muralist and print-maker of enigmatic, nearly surrealist compositions of the male figure. His work has also been described as magic realism. Isolation, alienation and anxiety seem his major themes. However, French's intentions about his painting are almost as mysterious as the paintings themselves, and he clearly intended them to remain that way. He hinted that the answer to his works could be found in the writings of the psychoanalyst, C.G. Jung, whose Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious was first published in 1939. French was a strong early influence on the well-known artist Paul Cadmus, also a... Read full biography
Jared French was born in 1905, attended Amherst College in the 1920s, and died in Italy in 1988. He was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, muralist and print-maker of enigmatic, nearly surrealist compositions of the male figure. His work has also been described as magic realism. Isolation, alienation and anxiety seem his major themes. However, French's intentions about his painting are almost as mysterious as the paintings themselves, and he clearly intended them to remain that way. He hinted that the answer to his works could be found in the writings of the psychoanalyst, C.G. Jung, whose Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious was first published in 1939. French was a strong early influence on the well-known artist Paul Cadmus, also a painter of the male figure, whom he met at the Art Students League. French served as the model for Cadmus' firs... Read full biography
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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Casein
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Egg Tempera
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plaster
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Magic Realism
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
Art Association
- •Art Students League, New York
Art Teacher
- •Boardman Robinson
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts