Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
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Museums page for William Fett ((1918 - 2006)), known for Surrealism, biomorphic abstract painting. Showing 11 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1918 Ann Arbor, Michigan - 2006 Mexico City, Mexico. Known for: Surrealism, biomorphic abstract painting.
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Fett was a painter in abstract, surrealist style of landscapes, often based on scenes of Mexico. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in... Read full biography
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Fett was a painter in abstract, surrealist style of landscapes, often based on scenes of Mexico. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 1941. From there he undertook several extended visits to Mexico in making the acquaintance of... Read full biography
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Fett was a painter in abstract, surrealist style of landscapes, often based on scenes of Mexico. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 1941. From there he undertook several extended visits to Mexico in making the acquaintance of expatriate Surrealist artists who had escaped the unhealthy turmoil of European upheavals by moving to that country. Some of his Mexican watercolors were accorded a one-man show at Durlacher Brothers Gallery... Read full biography
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Fett was a painter in abstract, surrealist style of landscapes, often based on scenes of Mexico. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 1941. From there he undertook several extended visits to Mexico in making the acquaintance of expatriate Surrealist artists who had escaped the unhealthy turmoil of European upheavals by moving to that country. Some of his Mexican watercolors were accorded a one-man show at Durlacher Brothers Gallery in New York on October 5, 1943. The positive response to the work resulted in acquisition of work by the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 1946, William Fett received appointment as teacher at the Washington University, St. Louis School of Art, a... Read full biography
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, William Fett was a painter in abstract, surrealist style of landscapes, often based on scenes of Mexico. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 1941. From there he undertook several extended visits to Mexico in making the acquaintance of expatriate Surrealist artists who had escaped the unhealthy turmoil of European upheavals by moving to that country. Some of his Mexican watercolors were accorded a one-man show at Durlacher Brothers Gallery in New York on October 5, 1943. The positive response to the work resulted in acquisition of work by the New York Museum of Modern Art. In 1946, William Fett received appointment as teacher at the Washington University, St. Louis School of Art, a position he served as Professor of Drawing and Painting to 1981, when he retired as Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts... Read full biography
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About William Fett: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (11)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78215-1406Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG
U of North Carolina, Spring Garden At Tate Street
Po Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170Westmoreland Museum of American Art
221 North Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601-1898