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1886 Gillespie, Illinois - 1964 Seattle, Washington. Known for: Abstract figure and portrait painting, teaching.
"Reacting to Modernism: Walter F. Isaacs," by Donald Pittenger, November 2, 2011. Published online on the blog Art Contrarian. My old stomping ground, the School of Art at the University of... Read full biography
"Reacting to Modernism: Walter F. Isaacs," by Donald Pittenger, November 2, 2011. Published online on the blog Art Contrarian. My old stomping ground, the School of Art at the University of Washington, held an exhibit featuring three former faculty members including its first chairman Walter F.... Read full biography
"Reacting to Modernism: Walter F. Isaacs," by Donald Pittenger, November 2, 2011. Published online on the blog Art Contrarian. My old stomping ground, the School of Art at the University of Washington, held an exhibit featuring three former faculty members including its first chairman Walter F. Isaacs (1886-1964). I went to see it because two of the artists (Ray Hill, 1891-1980 and Boyer Gonzales, Jr., 1909-1987) were there when I was. But I was most anxious to see Isaacs' work because he was... Read full biography
"Reacting to Modernism: Walter F. Isaacs," by Donald Pittenger, November 2, 2011. Published online on the blog Art Contrarian. My old stomping ground, the School of Art at the University of Washington, held an exhibit featuring three former faculty members including its first chairman Walter F. Isaacs (1886-1964). I went to see it because two of the artists (Ray Hill, 1891-1980 and Boyer Gonzales, Jr., 1909-1987) were there when I was. But I was most anxious to see Isaacs' work because he was active during a period that interests me greatly: 1920-1945. Why those years? Because they were the time following the surge of art movements (Cubism, Fauves, Futurism, Blaue Reiter, etc., etc.) in the years just before the Great War. Following the... Read full biography
"Reacting to Modernism: Walter F. Isaacs," by Donald Pittenger, November 2, 2011. Published online on the blog Art Contrarian. My old stomping ground, the School of Art at the University of Washington, held an exhibit featuring three former faculty members including its first chairman Walter F. Isaacs (1886-1964). I went to see it because two of the artists (Ray Hill, 1891-1980 and Boyer Gonzales, Jr., 1909-1987) were there when I was. But I was most anxious to see Isaacs' work because he was active during a period that interests me greatly: 1920-1945. Why those years? Because they were the time following the surge of art movements (Cubism, Fauves, Futurism, Blaue Reiter, etc., etc.) in the years just before the Great War. Following the war many avant-garde artists experienced a what-do-we-do-next? realization as the number of new movements fell off drastically. Meanwhile,... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Association
- •Group of Twelve, Seattle
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons