Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
Buffalo, NY 14222
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Museums page for Billy Al Bengston ((1934 - 2022)), known for Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons. Showing 10 museum collections and exhibitions.
Billy Al Bengston MUSEUMS
1934 Dodge City, Kansas - 2022 Venice, Califiornia. Known for: Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons.
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 88. His wife, Wendy Al, confirmed the death, of unspecified cause. A surfer, a motorcycle racer and briefly a Hollywood stuntman, Mr. Bengston found prominence in the late 1950s as part of a new wave of Southern California... Read full biography
"Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88," Obituary, The New York Times, by Alex Williams, October 20, 2022. A former motorcycle racer and stuntman, he helped put Los Angeles on the art world map with paintings inspired by the West Coast’s surf and surf culture of mid-century Los Angeles, and was part of a 1960s movement, known as L.A. Cool School, that helped transform the city from an art-world afterthought into a hub of contemporary art, died on Oct. 8 at his home in Venice, Calif. He was 88. His wife, Wendy Al, confirmed the death, of unspecified cause. A surfer, a motorcycle racer and briefly a Hollywood stuntman, Mr. Bengston found prominence in the late 1950s as part of a new wave of Southern California artists aligned with the pioneering Ferus Gallery in West Hollywood, founded by Walter Hopps and the artist Ed Kienholz.... Read full biography
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About Billy Al Bengston: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsDallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, MCASD
700 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037-4291Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014