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1906 Chickasha, Oklahoma - 1996 New York. Known for: Abstract, geometric-op painting, sculpture.
Known for geometric, hard-edge abstraction, Leon Polk Smith was born in 1906 and raised on a farm in Indian territory among the Choctaw Indians before Oklahoma became a state. In 1936, he went to New... Read full biography
Known for geometric, hard-edge abstraction, Leon Polk Smith was born in 1906 and raised on a farm in Indian territory among the Choctaw Indians before Oklahoma became a state. In 1936, he went to New York City and was exposed to European modernism. He was particularly influenced by Jean Arp,... Read full biography
Known for geometric, hard-edge abstraction, Leon Polk Smith was born in 1906 and raised on a farm in Indian territory among the Choctaw Indians before Oklahoma became a state. In 1936, he went to New York City and was exposed to European modernism. He was particularly influenced by Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi and Piet Mondrian and also by the city itself. Of his impressions, he wrote: "New York City revealed its physical self to me through the mountains and canyons of the Southwest. There... Read full biography
Known for geometric, hard-edge abstraction, Leon Polk Smith was born in 1906 and raised on a farm in Indian territory among the Choctaw Indians before Oklahoma became a state. In 1936, he went to New York City and was exposed to European modernism. He was particularly influenced by Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi and Piet Mondrian and also by the city itself. Of his impressions, he wrote: "New York City revealed its physical self to me through the mountains and canyons of the Southwest. There were the ups and downs-the high peaks, the in-betweens, or the canyons, and topped with the great dome. I felt the city to be a perfect equation for a great abstraction. Sources: . Wright auction catalogue, 11/19/2002. additional information and birth... Read full biography
Known for geometric, hard-edge abstraction, Leon Polk Smith was born in 1906 and raised on a farm in Indian territory among the Choctaw Indians before Oklahoma became a state. In 1936, he went to New York City and was exposed to European modernism. He was particularly influenced by Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi and Piet Mondrian and also by the city itself. Of his impressions, he wrote: "New York City revealed its physical self to me through the mountains and canyons of the Southwest. There were the ups and downs-the high peaks, the in-betweens, or the canyons, and topped with the great dome. I felt the city to be a perfect equation for a great abstraction. Sources: . Wright auction catalogue, 11/19/2002. additional information and birth place correction courtesy of Amber Sharples, Visual Director, Oklahoma Arts Council... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Shaped Canvas, Three Dimensional
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Op Art, Optical
Art School
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art