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1941 Hamilton, Alabama - 1997. Known for: Abstract landscape painting, ceramics, imagist artist.
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Chicago Imagist (Rebellion Against Norms of Art, Society)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Spanish Missions, California
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Art School
- •American Academy of Art, Chicago, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Art Enterprises Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •PLAYBOY Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art