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1920 Tucson , Arizona - 2008 San Franciso, California. Known for: Abstract and realist floral still life, interior scenes and figure paintings.
Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings. Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space.... Read full biography
Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings. Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space. He was interested in art as a youth and his parents hired a tutor to help him with his drawing during... Read full biography
Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings. Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space. He was interested in art as a youth and his parents hired a tutor to help him with his drawing during high school. Wonner was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1920, and after his early art education set out for California in 1937. He settled in Oakland where he attended the California College of Arts and... Read full biography
Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings. Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space. He was interested in art as a youth and his parents hired a tutor to help him with his drawing during high school. Wonner was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1920, and after his early art education set out for California in 1937. He settled in Oakland where he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts. His art school experience provided Wonner with basic drawing and painting techniques. He graduated from CCAC in 1941 and was soon drafted into the United States Army. During his service, stationed in San Antonio, Texas, he continued his... Read full biography
Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings. Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space. He was interested in art as a youth and his parents hired a tutor to help him with his drawing during high school. Wonner was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1920, and after his early art education set out for California in 1937. He settled in Oakland where he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts. His art school experience provided Wonner with basic drawing and painting techniques. He graduated from CCAC in 1941 and was soon drafted into the United States Army. During his service, stationed in San Antonio, Texas, he continued his pursuit of art and even set up a small local studio. He was discharged in 1946 and immediately headed for New York Ci... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Bay Area Figurative
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Self-Portrait
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art