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1895 Nadlak, Hungary - 1976 Taos, New Mexico. Known for: Dynamic symmetry, non objective painting.
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's Russian mysticism. Indeed, Bisttram would often speak of his association with Nicholas Roerich at the Master Institute in New York City, citing a story where the Russian master handed him a handful of wider brushes for his birthday thus indicating that... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's Russian mysticism. Indeed, Bisttram would often speak of his association with Nicholas Roerich at the Master Institute in New York City, citing a story where the Russian master handed him a handful of wider brushes for his birthday thus indicating that he should employ broader strokes in his paintings. He received his artistic training in New York at the Nationa... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Mexico Museum of Art
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Sangre De Cristo Arts Center
210 N Santa Fe Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81003Stark Museum of Art
712 Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630Swope Art Museum
25 South Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Foundation
238 Ledoux Street
Taos, NM 87571-6004The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM)
203 Cornell Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071