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1931 London, England - 2018 Bellport, New York. Known for: Super real views, genre, ships.
Born in London, England, Malcolm Morley became a photo-realist* painter of subjects that he did in a mocking tone to rail against the seriousness with which people took them. He experimented with... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Malcolm Morley became a photo-realist* painter of subjects that he did in a mocking tone to rail against the seriousness with which people took them. He experimented with many mediums and styles including expressionist abstraction and figurative. He is known as a colorful... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Malcolm Morley became a photo-realist* painter of subjects that he did in a mocking tone to rail against the seriousness with which people took them. He experimented with many mediums and styles including expressionist abstraction and figurative. He is known as a colorful character with many stories circulating about him including brief jail sentences for carousing and rages that led to mass destruction in his studio. He studied at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Malcolm Morley became a photo-realist* painter of subjects that he did in a mocking tone to rail against the seriousness with which people took them. He experimented with many mediums and styles including expressionist abstraction and figurative. He is known as a colorful character with many stories circulating about him including brief jail sentences for carousing and rages that led to mass destruction in his studio. He studied at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to 1956 and moved to New York City in 1958. During the 1970s, he pursued a variety of styles and mediums, and in the 1980s settled on the photo-real style, taking subject matter from such diverse sources as the Great Masters and postcards. In 1984, he... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Malcolm Morley became a photo-realist* painter of subjects that he did in a mocking tone to rail against the seriousness with which people took them. He experimented with many mediums and styles including expressionist abstraction and figurative. He is known as a colorful character with many stories circulating about him including brief jail sentences for carousing and rages that led to mass destruction in his studio. He studied at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to 1956 and moved to New York City in 1958. During the 1970s, he pursued a variety of styles and mediums, and in the 1980s settled on the photo-real style, taking subject matter from such diverse sources as the Great Masters and postcards. In 1984, he earned the Turner Prize* for Art from the Tate Gallery. His home and studio have been on Long Island.... Read full biography
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About Malcolm Morley: Keywords
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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
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Ship Portraits and Other Sea Vessels
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Long Island, New York
Awards/Recognition
- •Turner Prize Winner of Tate Modern
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art