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1926 Brooklyn, New York - 2000 New York City. Known for: Abstract impasto painting, sculpture, printmaking.
The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Stanley Boxer was born in New York City in 1925. He drew obsessively as a child,... Read full biography
The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Stanley Boxer was born in New York City in 1925. He drew obsessively as a child, often sketching the cowboys and Indians he saw in movies. He entered the Navy at the age of sixteen... Read full biography
The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Stanley Boxer was born in New York City in 1925. He drew obsessively as a child, often sketching the cowboys and Indians he saw in movies. He entered the Navy at the age of sixteen to fight in World War II. After the war his older brother encouraged him to apply to the Art Students League, where an instructor told him he had talent and ought to start taking classes immediately.... Read full biography
The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Stanley Boxer was born in New York City in 1925. He drew obsessively as a child, often sketching the cowboys and Indians he saw in movies. He entered the Navy at the age of sixteen to fight in World War II. After the war his older brother encouraged him to apply to the Art Students League, where an instructor told him he had talent and ought to start taking classes immediately. He won a fellowship from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He became a noted painter and sculptor but preferred being known as a 'practitioner' because he believed that constant practice was the only way to excel at art. The titles of Boxer's... Read full biography
The following was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Stanley Boxer was born in New York City in 1925. He drew obsessively as a child, often sketching the cowboys and Indians he saw in movies. He entered the Navy at the age of sixteen to fight in World War II. After the war his older brother encouraged him to apply to the Art Students League, where an instructor told him he had talent and ought to start taking classes immediately. He won a fellowship from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He became a noted painter and sculptor but preferred being known as a 'practitioner' because he believed that constant practice was the only way to excel at art. The titles of Boxer's works were deliberately ambiguous; his titles were attempts at verbal equivalen... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Marble
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Monoprint, Monotype, Monograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Wood Block Print
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Color Field Painting
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Scarab Club, Detroit
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Married to an Artist