California. 1925 - 1985
Modernist-leaning landscape, coastal view painting
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1908 Birmingham, Alabama - 1997 San Francisco, California. Known for: Abstract-realist still life, landscape and figure painting, illustration.
Charles Griffin Farr (1908-1997) is an American realist artist whose paintings are intended to convey a subtle emotional tension and sense of mystery. Working within the tradition of American... Read full biography
Charles Griffin Farr (1908-1997) is an American realist artist whose paintings are intended to convey a subtle emotional tension and sense of mystery. Working within the tradition of American realism, Farr's signature style began its evolution in the 1930s, a time when Precisionism and other forms... Read full biography
Charles Griffin Farr (1908-1997) is an American realist artist whose paintings are intended to convey a subtle emotional tension and sense of mystery. Working within the tradition of American realism, Farr's signature style began its evolution in the 1930s, a time when Precisionism and other forms of painting about the process of seeing were major forces. Many terms have been used to define his idiosyncratic work, but "Magic Realism," is probably the closest. By definition, according to famed... Read full biography
Charles Griffin Farr (1908-1997) is an American realist artist whose paintings are intended to convey a subtle emotional tension and sense of mystery. Working within the tradition of American realism, Farr's signature style began its evolution in the 1930s, a time when Precisionism and other forms of painting about the process of seeing were major forces. Many terms have been used to define his idiosyncratic work, but "Magic Realism," is probably the closest. By definition, according to famed curator Dorothy C. Miller, it means that a work possesses a "sharp focus and precise representation: with the difference being 'whether the subject has been observed in the outer world-realism, or contrived by the imagination—magic realism.'". Farr... Read full biography
Charles Griffin Farr (1908-1997) is an American realist artist whose paintings are intended to convey a subtle emotional tension and sense of mystery. Working within the tradition of American realism, Farr's signature style began its evolution in the 1930s, a time when Precisionism and other forms of painting about the process of seeing were major forces. Many terms have been used to define his idiosyncratic work, but "Magic Realism," is probably the closest. By definition, according to famed curator Dorothy C. Miller, it means that a work possesses a "sharp focus and precise representation: with the difference being 'whether the subject has been observed in the outer world-realism, or contrived by the imagination—magic realism.'". Farr himself defined his work as trying "to make things more real than they already were.". Farr's early work from the late... Read full biography
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California, Kansas. 1894 - 1949
Coastal landscape, graphics
California / Japan. 1885 - 1975
Portrait, modernist landscape, and still life painting
California / Norway. 1856 - 1930 or 1955
Marine, landscape
California, Tennessee. 1879 - 1962
Landscape, seascape and still life painting, teaching
California. 1913 - 1986
Modernist landscape, non objective painting, collage
California, Arizona / Canada. 1859 - 1935
Landscape and street genre painting
California. 1886 - 1977
Landscape, harbors and townscape painting, illustration
California, New York / France. 1905 - 1999
Modernist urban-coast views and geometric painting
California. 1891 - 1974
Desert landscape, some harbors and portrait painting
California / Norway. 1864 - 1922
Marine, coastal landscape, mural
California, Illinois. 1867 - 1915
Western landscape painting
California, Maine. 1877 - 1947
Modernist landscape, marine and figure painting
California / Netherlands, Europe. 1869 - 1950
Landscape, figure, still life and genre painting
California, Illinois, Maine. 1852 - 1941
Landscape, Indian life and portrait painting
California, New York. 1864 - 1929
Landscape, still life and harbor view painting
California, Iowa. 1883 - 1968
Landscape and coastal scene painting
California / Sweden. 1879 - 1947
Western, Indian genre, and landscape painting
California, Illinois. 1865 - 1946
Plein-air landscape and coastal view painting
New York, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Jersey. 1863 - 1930
Landscape-water, snow and marine painting
California, Massachusetts. 1829 - 1908
Western landscape, national park painting
California, Missouri. 1883 - 1947
Western landscape and waterscape painting
California, Texas, Maryland / Canada, England. 1889 - 1979
Landscape, coastal view and still life painting
Pennsylvania, California / Germany. 1832 - 1932
Landscape, marine, genre and nocturne painting