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Born 1955 Elizabeth, New Jersey. Known for: Op art expression, collage, works on paper.
Contemporary artist Philip Taaffe, specializing in post-modern decorative abstraction, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955. He lives and works in New York City. His paintings are in the... Read full biography
Contemporary artist Philip Taaffe, specializing in post-modern decorative abstraction, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955. He lives and works in New York City. His paintings are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Rene Ricard writes the... Read full biography
Contemporary artist Philip Taaffe, specializing in post-modern decorative abstraction, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955. He lives and works in New York City. His paintings are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Rene Ricard writes the following paragraphs about Philip Taaffe, placing Taaffe's work in the context of Pompeiian painting: "Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis is the principal source for what we know about Greek and Roman art.... Read full biography
Contemporary artist Philip Taaffe, specializing in post-modern decorative abstraction, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955. He lives and works in New York City. His paintings are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Rene Ricard writes the following paragraphs about Philip Taaffe, placing Taaffe's work in the context of Pompeiian painting: "Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis is the principal source for what we know about Greek and Roman art. I'd been reading Pliny this winter. Coincidentally, Philip Taaffe also read Pliny's "Natural History" this year, and hearing about my research wanted me to see his new paintings that derive considerable inspiration from the book. What caught my... Read full biography
Contemporary artist Philip Taaffe, specializing in post-modern decorative abstraction, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1955. He lives and works in New York City. His paintings are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Rene Ricard writes the following paragraphs about Philip Taaffe, placing Taaffe's work in the context of Pompeiian painting: "Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis is the principal source for what we know about Greek and Roman art. I'd been reading Pliny this winter. Coincidentally, Philip Taaffe also read Pliny's "Natural History" this year, and hearing about my research wanted me to see his new paintings that derive considerable inspiration from the book. What caught my attention about Philip's paintings, however, was not their ostensible subject matter-the starfish, dragonflies and fantastic birds but more to... 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
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •India and/or Burma
- •Italy
- •South America
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Saatchi Collection
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art