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Born 1964. Known for: Genre and figure painter, illustrator.
Known for realistic figurative paintings of adults and children in antique settings, Morgan Weistling was raised in Southern California. He learned to draw from his father and was strongly encouraged... Read full biography
Known for realistic figurative paintings of adults and children in antique settings, Morgan Weistling was raised in Southern California. He learned to draw from his father and was strongly encouraged by his mother who researched art schools for her son. She determined that a small school in Resuda... Read full biography
Known for realistic figurative paintings of adults and children in antique settings, Morgan Weistling was raised in Southern California. He learned to draw from his father and was strongly encouraged by his mother who researched art schools for her son. She determined that a small school in Resuda run by Fred Fixler was the best because Fixler used the old time, classical methods of traditional realism. Weistling credits Fixler with teaching him how to paint with effective methods of lighting.... Read full biography
Known for realistic figurative paintings of adults and children in antique settings, Morgan Weistling was raised in Southern California. He learned to draw from his father and was strongly encouraged by his mother who researched art schools for her son. She determined that a small school in Resuda run by Fred Fixler was the best because Fixler used the old time, classical methods of traditional realism. Weistling credits Fixler with teaching him how to paint with effective methods of lighting. For fourteen years, he worked as an illustrator of movie posters. His artist hero is Richard Schmid whom he calls a "pure artist." Also a close friend of Dan Gerhartz, Weistling realized from him he could make a living at fine art and has been highly... Read full biography
Known for realistic figurative paintings of adults and children in antique settings, Morgan Weistling was raised in Southern California. He learned to draw from his father and was strongly encouraged by his mother who researched art schools for her son. She determined that a small school in Resuda run by Fred Fixler was the best because Fixler used the old time, classical methods of traditional realism. Weistling credits Fixler with teaching him how to paint with effective methods of lighting. For fourteen years, he worked as an illustrator of movie posters. His artist hero is Richard Schmid whom he calls a "pure artist." Also a close friend of Dan Gerhartz, Weistling realized from him he could make a living at fine art and has been highly successful, painting in the loose painterly style of Joaquin Sorolla and John Singer Sargent. Source... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Awards/Recognition
- •Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyer's Choice, Prix de West
- •Prix de West Awards
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Masters of the American West, Autry Center
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational