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1935 Lafayette, Louisiana - 2015 Long Beach, Florida. Known for: Large-scale abstraction, monotypes.
Following is an obituary of the artist, published in the Houston Chronicle newspaper, April 26, 2015. Lamar Briggs of Palm Beach, Florida passed away o January 4, 2015 at the age of 79 after a short... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of the artist, published in the Houston Chronicle newspaper, April 26, 2015. Lamar Briggs of Palm Beach, Florida passed away o January 4, 2015 at the age of 79 after a short illness. Born on November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Lamar was drawn to visual forms from a... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of the artist, published in the Houston Chronicle newspaper, April 26, 2015. Lamar Briggs of Palm Beach, Florida passed away o January 4, 2015 at the age of 79 after a short illness. Born on November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Lamar was drawn to visual forms from a young age. He attended the University of Southern Louisiana where he initially studied architecture before attending the University of Houston where he studied painting under Paul Maxwell, Jack... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of the artist, published in the Houston Chronicle newspaper, April 26, 2015. Lamar Briggs of Palm Beach, Florida passed away o January 4, 2015 at the age of 79 after a short illness. Born on November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Lamar was drawn to visual forms from a young age. He attended the University of Southern Louisiana where he initially studied architecture before attending the University of Houston where he studied painting under Paul Maxwell, Jack Boynton, and Robert Morris before graduating from the Colorado Institute of Art. In 2005, he was inducted into the Colorado Institute of Art Hall of Fame. In 1963, after working as a graphic designer and art director in Houston, Lamar painted his... Read full biography
Following is an obituary of the artist, published in the Houston Chronicle newspaper, April 26, 2015. Lamar Briggs of Palm Beach, Florida passed away o January 4, 2015 at the age of 79 after a short illness. Born on November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Lamar was drawn to visual forms from a young age. He attended the University of Southern Louisiana where he initially studied architecture before attending the University of Houston where he studied painting under Paul Maxwell, Jack Boynton, and Robert Morris before graduating from the Colorado Institute of Art. In 2005, he was inducted into the Colorado Institute of Art Hall of Fame. In 1963, after working as a graphic designer and art director in Houston, Lamar painted his interpretation of St. Mark's Square underwater, which he saw in Life magazine. He won the Ford Foundation Purchase Award presented by Willem... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Bronze
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood Block Print
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Acrylic Paint Specialty