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1925 Los Angeles, California - 1969 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Mod figure, abstraction, illustration.
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and lived and worked as a commercial illustrator in New York City. During this time, he also created large gestural paintings, as a result of... Read full biography
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Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Airbrush
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Gestural/ Action /Drip/Poured Painting
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Pasadena, Student
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Richard Weisman Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts