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1893 Pawtucket, Rhode Island - 1952 Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania. Known for: Precisionist and abstract painter-architectural shapes.
The following is from Wendy Jeffers, Curator of the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition of this artist's work:. Niles Spencer, painter, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of Henry Lewin Spencer... Read full biography
The following is from Wendy Jeffers, Curator of the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition of this artist's work:. Niles Spencer, painter, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of Henry Lewin Spencer and Margaret Allen. The Spencer family had extensive business interests in Pawtucket including... Read full biography
The following is from Wendy Jeffers, Curator of the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition of this artist's work:. Niles Spencer, painter, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of Henry Lewin Spencer and Margaret Allen. The Spencer family had extensive business interests in Pawtucket including banking and manufacturing. Niles Spencer graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in nearby Providence in 1915. He studied several summers in Ogunquit, Maine with Charles Woodbury and subsequently,... Read full biography
The following is from Wendy Jeffers, Curator of the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition of this artist's work:. Niles Spencer, painter, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of Henry Lewin Spencer and Margaret Allen. The Spencer family had extensive business interests in Pawtucket including banking and manufacturing. Niles Spencer graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in nearby Providence in 1915. He studied several summers in Ogunquit, Maine with Charles Woodbury and subsequently, with the avant-garde group surrounding Hamilton Easter Field. In 1916, Spencer moved to New York to continue his studies. The lively intellectual milieu of Greenwich Village was in its heyday, and Spencer was exposed to many of the radical... Read full biography
The following is from Wendy Jeffers, Curator of the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition of this artist's work:. Niles Spencer, painter, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of Henry Lewin Spencer and Margaret Allen. The Spencer family had extensive business interests in Pawtucket including banking and manufacturing. Niles Spencer graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in nearby Providence in 1915. He studied several summers in Ogunquit, Maine with Charles Woodbury and subsequently, with the avant-garde group surrounding Hamilton Easter Field. In 1916, Spencer moved to New York to continue his studies. The lively intellectual milieu of Greenwich Village was in its heyday, and Spencer was exposed to many of the radical theoreticians and personalities of the time, who encouraged him to begin working in new directions. Deeply influenced by Cézann... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Silhouettist
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Precisionism
- •Synchromism
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Long Island, New York
- •Ogunquit, Maine
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Charles Woodbury
- •George Bellows
- •Robert Henri
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts