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1926 Bakersfield, California - 2011 Carmichael, California. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape-structures, mural.
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art,... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a WPA. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World's Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world's greatest artists. He was particularly excited about modern works, especially the... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a WPA. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World's Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world's greatest artists. He was particularly excited about modern works, especially the French modernists. When America entered World War II, Potter was well prepared. He had been in a... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •California Style
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
Art Subject
- •Chinatown in Any North American City
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •South America
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York