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1910 Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania - 2008 Glenside, Pennsylvania. Known for: Figure, portrait and landscape painting, military artist.
Obituary from the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper Website, dated September 25, 2008. John B. Lear Jr., 98, of Chestnut Hill, a widely known local artist, died Sept. 17 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He had... Read full biography
Obituary from the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper Website, dated September 25, 2008. John B. Lear Jr., 98, of Chestnut Hill, a widely known local artist, died Sept. 17 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He had been a resident of the Springfield Residence in Wyndmoor for the past two years. Mr. Lear's oil... Read full biography
Obituary from the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper Website, dated September 25, 2008. John B. Lear Jr., 98, of Chestnut Hill, a widely known local artist, died Sept. 17 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He had been a resident of the Springfield Residence in Wyndmoor for the past two years. Mr. Lear's oil paintings, watercolors and drawings are in private collections in the United States and abroad and in the permanent collections of the Detroit Museum, the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Clearwater, the... Read full biography
Obituary from the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper Website, dated September 25, 2008. John B. Lear Jr., 98, of Chestnut Hill, a widely known local artist, died Sept. 17 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He had been a resident of the Springfield Residence in Wyndmoor for the past two years. Mr. Lear's oil paintings, watercolors and drawings are in private collections in the United States and abroad and in the permanent collections of the Detroit Museum, the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Clearwater, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Reading Museum and the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, with which he had been associated since its opening in 1940. His work was displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In Chestnut Hill, his paintings... Read full biography
Obituary from the Chestnut Hill Local newspaper Website, dated September 25, 2008. John B. Lear Jr., 98, of Chestnut Hill, a widely known local artist, died Sept. 17 at Chestnut Hill Hospital. He had been a resident of the Springfield Residence in Wyndmoor for the past two years. Mr. Lear's oil paintings, watercolors and drawings are in private collections in the United States and abroad and in the permanent collections of the Detroit Museum, the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Clearwater, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Reading Museum and the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, with which he had been associated since its opening in 1940. His work was displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In Chestnut Hill, his paintings and drawings were seen often at the Hahn Gallery and at Woodmere. Born and raised in Chestnut Hill, the son of John Brock and Hele... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Industrial Scenes, Factories, Labor Genre and Figure
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Philadelphia Water Color Society, Club
Art School
- •Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts