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1916 Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii - 1991 Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Known for: Modernist sea-landscape, non objective.
The following is from Shirley J. Grainger, September 2003:. I met Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, in the early 1970s and admired his work tremendously. Red Tide at Sunset... Read full biography
The following is from Shirley J. Grainger, September 2003:. I met Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, in the early 1970s and admired his work tremendously. Red Tide at Sunset (c.1975), which appears in Monhegan Island: the Artists' Island, by Jane and Will Curtis and Frank... Read full biography
The following is from Shirley J. Grainger, September 2003:. I met Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, in the early 1970s and admired his work tremendously. Red Tide at Sunset (c.1975), which appears in Monhegan Island: the Artists' Island, by Jane and Will Curtis and Frank Lieberman, is a fine example of his work. He and his wife, Geraldine, summered there for many years, along with distinguished Greenwich Village painters William McCartin and John Hultberg. I also remember... Read full biography
The following is from Shirley J. Grainger, September 2003:. I met Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, in the early 1970s and admired his work tremendously. Red Tide at Sunset (c.1975), which appears in Monhegan Island: the Artists' Island, by Jane and Will Curtis and Frank Lieberman, is a fine example of his work. He and his wife, Geraldine, summered there for many years, along with distinguished Greenwich Village painters William McCartin and John Hultberg. I also remember meeting Charles Martin (known to many as CEM for his front covers of the New Yorker) and Hans Moller, and hearing talk of Zero Mostel, who had recently bought a house there, and Jamie Wyeth, but they were away from the island at the time. What I... Read full biography
The following is from Shirley J. Grainger, September 2003:. I met Reuben Tam on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, in the early 1970s and admired his work tremendously. Red Tide at Sunset (c.1975), which appears in Monhegan Island: the Artists' Island, by Jane and Will Curtis and Frank Lieberman, is a fine example of his work. He and his wife, Geraldine, summered there for many years, along with distinguished Greenwich Village painters William McCartin and John Hultberg. I also remember meeting Charles Martin (known to many as CEM for his front covers of the New Yorker) and Hans Moller, and hearing talk of Zero Mostel, who had recently bought a house there, and Jamie Wyeth, but they were away from the island at the time. What I remember most about my visit to Monhegan Island was how friendly and accessible all of these painters were... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Casein
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boothbay Harbor, Maine
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Monhegan Island, Maine
Art School
- •Brooklyn Museum Art School, Institute, Teacher
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
- •New School For Social Research, (The New School), Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts