Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338
Austin, TX 78712-0338
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Museums page for John Ferren ((1905 - 1970)), known for Abstract expression, figure, still life. Showing 15 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1905 Pendleton, Oregon - 1970 Southampton, New York. Known for: Abstract expression, figure, still life.
Born in Pendleton, OR on Oct. 17, 1905, the son of an Army officer. Shortly after his birth, Ferren lived in various parts of the Northwest with his family. Several years were spent in San Francisco... Read full biography
Born in Pendleton, OR on Oct. 17, 1905, the son of an Army officer. Shortly after his birth, Ferren lived in various parts of the Northwest with his family. Several years were spent in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he graduated from Polytechnic High School. In 1925 he returned to San... Read full biography
Born in Pendleton, OR on Oct. 17, 1905, the son of an Army officer. Shortly after his birth, Ferren lived in various parts of the Northwest with his family. Several years were spent in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he graduated from Polytechnic High School. In 1925 he returned to San Francisco and studied briefly at the CSFA. While apprenticed to a local stone cutter, he began modeling portrait heads in clay and plasticene. During a trip to Europe he met artist Hans Hofmann who influenced... Read full biography
Born in Pendleton, OR on Oct. 17, 1905, the son of an Army officer. Shortly after his birth, Ferren lived in various parts of the Northwest with his family. Several years were spent in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he graduated from Polytechnic High School. In 1925 he returned to San Francisco and studied briefly at the CSFA. While apprenticed to a local stone cutter, he began modeling portrait heads in clay and plasticene. During a trip to Europe he met artist Hans Hofmann who influenced him to become a painter. While in Paris he studied at Académies de la Grande Chaumière, Colarossi, and the Sorbonne, and had further study at the University of Florence. Returning to San Francisco in 1930, Ferren abandoned sculpture for painting.... Read full biography
Born in Pendleton, OR on Oct. 17, 1905, the son of an Army officer. Shortly after his birth, Ferren lived in various parts of the Northwest with his family. Several years were spent in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he graduated from Polytechnic High School. In 1925 he returned to San Francisco and studied briefly at the CSFA. While apprenticed to a local stone cutter, he began modeling portrait heads in clay and plasticene. During a trip to Europe he met artist Hans Hofmann who influenced him to become a painter. While in Paris he studied at Académies de la Grande Chaumière, Colarossi, and the Sorbonne, and had further study at the University of Florence. Returning to San Francisco in 1930, Ferren abandoned sculpture for painting. After 1933 his home was in New York; however, in 1947 he built a summer studio in Brentwood, CA and taught summer sessions at the Art Center Scho.... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Sam Fox Arts Center/Washington University
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1214
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271