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1928 Los Angeles, California - 2022 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Pop images, flat image cartoon-like figures, fantasy, surrealism.
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and the hapless comic-strip husband Dagwood Bumstead, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Fredericks & Freiser, the New York gallery that has represented his work for many years. In a prolific career of more... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and the hapless comic-strip husband Dagwood Bumstead, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Fredericks & Freiser, the New York gallery that has represented his work for many years. In a prolific career of more than five decades, Mr. Wesley, who was known as Jack, had the great distinction and occasional critical misfortune... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art