California, Michigan / England. 1915 - 2007
Abstract to figurative expression, lithography
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1923 Long Beach, California - 2004 San Francisco, California. Known for: Modernist-real fantasy pastiche, surrealism.
The artist Jess was born Burgess Collins in 1923 in Long Beach California. Jess initially was educated as a chemist and in his career worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project.... Read full biography
The artist Jess was born Burgess Collins in 1923 in Long Beach California. Jess initially was educated as a chemist and in his career worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project. In 1949 he abandoned his scientific career and moved to San Francisco where he enrolled in the... Read full biography
The artist Jess was born Burgess Collins in 1923 in Long Beach California. Jess initially was educated as a chemist and in his career worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project. In 1949 he abandoned his scientific career and moved to San Francisco where he enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts. Burgess Collins then changed his name to "Jess." n 1951 Jess met poet, Robert Duncan, and began a relationship that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. Duncan and Jess... Read full biography
The artist Jess was born Burgess Collins in 1923 in Long Beach California. Jess initially was educated as a chemist and in his career worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project. In 1949 he abandoned his scientific career and moved to San Francisco where he enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts. Burgess Collins then changed his name to "Jess." n 1951 Jess met poet, Robert Duncan, and began a relationship that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. Duncan and Jess worked together to expand and refine a study of world literature and art focused in myths, symbols and archetypes. The couple was active in the Bay Area poetry and art scene. They were good friends with Jay Spicer, Helen Adam, Wallace Berman, Patricia... Read full biography
The artist Jess was born Burgess Collins in 1923 in Long Beach California. Jess initially was educated as a chemist and in his career worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project. In 1949 he abandoned his scientific career and moved to San Francisco where he enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts. Burgess Collins then changed his name to "Jess." n 1951 Jess met poet, Robert Duncan, and began a relationship that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. Duncan and Jess worked together to expand and refine a study of world literature and art focused in myths, symbols and archetypes. The couple was active in the Bay Area poetry and art scene. They were good friends with Jay Spicer, Helen Adam, Wallace Berman, Patricia Jordan, Jay DeFeo and Michael McClure. With painter Harry Jacobus the pair ran the King Ubu Gallery in 1... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: Fig. 6–A Lamb for Pylaochos: Herko, N.Y. ’64: Translation #16
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California. 1930 - 1992
Funk ceramic pop image ceramics, mixed media
New York / Russian Federation, England, France. 1881/86 - 1961
Modernist female portrait, figure, and landscape painting
New York, California / Guatemala. 1903 - 1981
Minimal, pop word play, collage, mural
California, Nebraska. 1930 - 2007
Modernist naive drollery painting, funk collage
California, Arizona. 1920 - 2008
Abstract and realist floral still life, interior scenes and figure paintings
New York. 1903 - 1972
Assemblage-boxes, collage
California. 1911 - 1960
Bay Area figurative painting, murals
California / Latvia. 1926 - 2026
Abstract imagery-still life painting, sculpture
California. 1930 - 2021
Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches
New York, Massachusetts / Italy. 1913 - 2000
Canvas collage, surreal cityscape
New Mexico, California. 1935 - 2012
Colorful ceramic objects-eggs, teacups, surreal forms
New York, Illinois. 1922 - 2004
Modernist morose figure-genre and portrait painting, collage
California, Oregon. 1908 - 1997
Sculptor-abstract, mod figure
New York, California. Born 1944
Sculptor, collage, abstract painter, printmaker
California, Indiana. 1937 - 2021
Abstraction, funk art,caligraphy, teaching
New York, Pennsylvania / Spain. 1903 - 2001
Abstract expressionist painting, assemblage
New Jersey. 1912 - 1980
Sculptor-minimalism, architecture
California. 1916 - 1991
Modernist figure, abstract painting, teaching
New York. 1913 - 1967
Minimal-monochrome expression
California, New York. 1926 - 2018
Cross-hatch modernist imagery, graphics, painting
New York, California. 1925 - 1969
Mod figure, abstraction, illustration
New York. 1912 - 1963
Biomorphic abstract, early surreal
New York, Connecticut / Russian Federation. 1904 - 1948
Painting-abstract expressionism, surrealism, automatism
New York. Born 1960
Geometric abstraction, collage
New York. 1922 - 1997
Abstract expressionist painting, biomorph, geometric, surrealism
New York, Florida. 1927 - 2011
Crushed automobile motif sculpture
New York, Illinois / France. 1925 - 1992
Abstract expressionist painting, modernist figure
New York, Massachusetts, California / Germany. 1880 - 1966
Abstract expressionist painting, art teaching
New York, Massachusetts. 1908 - 1984
Abstract expressionist and gestural painting, collage
California. 1941 - 1998
Assemblage
New York, Minnesota. 1916 - 1992
Biomorphic to minimal painting, portrait