Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
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Little Rock, AR 72202
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Museums page for Jerome Witkin ((Born 1939)), known for Post mod narrative figure-genre painting. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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Born 1939 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Post mod narrative figure-genre painting.
A painter who conveys moral messages in his artwork, Jerome Witkin has "resuscitated narrative painting after the heyday of abstraction." He believes that moral values are as important as formal or... Read full biography
A painter who conveys moral messages in his artwork, Jerome Witkin has "resuscitated narrative painting after the heyday of abstraction." He believes that moral values are as important as formal or aesthetic values ones and "has chosen to make work that deals with human drama." Because his... Read full biography
A painter who conveys moral messages in his artwork, Jerome Witkin has "resuscitated narrative painting after the heyday of abstraction." He believes that moral values are as important as formal or aesthetic values ones and "has chosen to make work that deals with human drama." Because his paintings, done exclusively in oil, tend to be laden with narrative figures and symbolic images, he often does diptych, triptychs and polyptychs in cinematic sequences, "to be read from left to right as they... Read full biography
A painter who conveys moral messages in his artwork, Jerome Witkin has "resuscitated narrative painting after the heyday of abstraction." He believes that moral values are as important as formal or aesthetic values ones and "has chosen to make work that deals with human drama." Because his paintings, done exclusively in oil, tend to be laden with narrative figures and symbolic images, he often does diptych, triptychs and polyptychs in cinematic sequences, "to be read from left to right as they unfold in time." Witkin also does paintings that have only personal meaning such as troubled family relationships and observed violence. Witkin was born in Brooklyn, and his formal art education began when he was age 16 and received a scholarship to... Read full biography
A painter who conveys moral messages in his artwork, Jerome Witkin has "resuscitated narrative painting after the heyday of abstraction." He believes that moral values are as important as formal or aesthetic values ones and "has chosen to make work that deals with human drama." Because his paintings, done exclusively in oil, tend to be laden with narrative figures and symbolic images, he often does diptych, triptychs and polyptychs in cinematic sequences, "to be read from left to right as they unfold in time." Witkin also does paintings that have only personal meaning such as troubled family relationships and observed violence. Witkin was born in Brooklyn, and his formal art education began when he was age 16 and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting. Among his teachers there were Isabel Bishop, George Grosz, Jack Levine and Ben Shahn. Each o... Read full biography
Jerome Witkin - Artist Info
About Jerome Witkin: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsButler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202La Salle University Art Museum
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050