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1923 Denver, Colorado - 1995. Known for: Abstract figure, still life and animal painting.
Beauchamp was one of the first and more prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the American art world in the late 1950's. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and... Read full biography
Beauchamp was one of the first and more prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the American art world in the late 1950's. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and wildly humorous. He was greatly admired by his peers: including artists, critics and curators. He was... Read full biography
Beauchamp was one of the first and more prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the American art world in the late 1950's. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and wildly humorous. He was greatly admired by his peers: including artists, critics and curators. He was one of those rare individuals who went his own way and developed his own vision without compromise. His output, which was extensive, included not only oil paintings on canvas, but also oversized... Read full biography
Beauchamp was one of the first and more prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the American art world in the late 1950's. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and wildly humorous. He was greatly admired by his peers: including artists, critics and curators. He was one of those rare individuals who went his own way and developed his own vision without compromise. His output, which was extensive, included not only oil paintings on canvas, but also oversized drawings and large oil-stick paintings on paper. His early works depicted romantic and somewhat enigmatic fantasies. Later Beauchamp developed a more existential expression in which seemingly unrelated objects, animals and people, were combined in a... Read full biography
Beauchamp was one of the first and more prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the American art world in the late 1950's. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and wildly humorous. He was greatly admired by his peers: including artists, critics and curators. He was one of those rare individuals who went his own way and developed his own vision without compromise. His output, which was extensive, included not only oil paintings on canvas, but also oversized drawings and large oil-stick paintings on paper. His early works depicted romantic and somewhat enigmatic fantasies. Later Beauchamp developed a more existential expression in which seemingly unrelated objects, animals and people, were combined in a dynamic tapestry. As he matured, the human condition, with all its expectations, fears, and ironic c... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Boardman Robinson
- •Hans Hofmann
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Broadmoor Art Academy, Colorado Springs, Student
- •Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •Cranbrook Academy of Art, Student
- •Hans Hofmann School of Art, Student
- •School of Visual Arts, New York, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- •Walter Gutman Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art