Illinois, California. 1939 - 2021
Drawing, funk figure-faces, "Hairy Who," imagist, sculpture, drawing
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Born 1938. Known for: Surreal-modernist whimsey.
Jim Nutt, a Chicago Imagist painter, whose work has been described as, "crude, childish, expressionist works," gained recognition in the late 1960s as part of "The Hairy Who" group of painters.... Read full biography
Jim Nutt, a Chicago Imagist painter, whose work has been described as, "crude, childish, expressionist works," gained recognition in the late 1960s as part of "The Hairy Who" group of painters. Drawings and paintings depict fantastic characters in humorous or sarcastic scenes. Twisted figures... Read full biography
Jim Nutt, a Chicago Imagist painter, whose work has been described as, "crude, childish, expressionist works," gained recognition in the late 1960s as part of "The Hairy Who" group of painters. Drawings and paintings depict fantastic characters in humorous or sarcastic scenes. Twisted figures reminiscent of Cubism in that one figure may possess several faces, possibly expressing different feelings. The theatrics can be arousing and mysteriously intimidating, and although (or perhaps because)... Read full biography
Jim Nutt, a Chicago Imagist painter, whose work has been described as, "crude, childish, expressionist works," gained recognition in the late 1960s as part of "The Hairy Who" group of painters. Drawings and paintings depict fantastic characters in humorous or sarcastic scenes. Twisted figures reminiscent of Cubism in that one figure may possess several faces, possibly expressing different feelings. The theatrics can be arousing and mysteriously intimidating, and although (or perhaps because) Nutt adds oddly placed captions and obscure titles, the situations remain unexplainable. Eric Fischl has said, "The underbelly, (carnival) world of Ed Paschke and the hilarious sexual vulgarity of Jim Nutt were revelatory experiences for me.". Nutt,... Read full biography
Jim Nutt, a Chicago Imagist painter, whose work has been described as, "crude, childish, expressionist works," gained recognition in the late 1960s as part of "The Hairy Who" group of painters. Drawings and paintings depict fantastic characters in humorous or sarcastic scenes. Twisted figures reminiscent of Cubism in that one figure may possess several faces, possibly expressing different feelings. The theatrics can be arousing and mysteriously intimidating, and although (or perhaps because) Nutt adds oddly placed captions and obscure titles, the situations remain unexplainable. Eric Fischl has said, "The underbelly, (carnival) world of Ed Paschke and the hilarious sexual vulgarity of Jim Nutt were revelatory experiences for me.". Nutt, born in 1938, was educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1965. In the fall of 1968, Nutt was teaching and ru... Read full biography
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Illinois. Born 1940
Modernist figural whimsey, imagist painting
Illinois. 1939 - 2004
Modernist portrait and figure, illustrator
Connecticut, California. 1922 - 1981
Wooden sculpture-mod droll imagery and found object
Illinois. 1941 - 1997
Abstract landscape painting, ceramics, imagist artist
New York, Illinois. Born 1977
Found object, multi-media sculpture, photography, black art themes
Illinois / South Africa. Born 1973
Urban planning themes, installations, performance art, sculpture
New York, California. Born 1934
Mod droll parody, caricature
New York. 1939 - 2018
Abstract mosaic-like paintings, African-American themes, wood carved sculpture
New York, Illinois. 1922 - 2004
Modernist morose figure-genre and portrait painting, collage
Illinois. 1935 - 2023
Biomorphic, nature themed sculpture, found objects, graphics
New York, Ohio. Born 1950
Sculptor-text installations, conceptual art
New York. 1936 - 2024
Multi-media, modernist figure, collage-assemblage, happenings
California. Born 1934
Surreal imagery, assemblage
District Of Columbia / Europe. 1928 - 1985
Modernist-optical, geometric painting, teaching
New York, California / Canada. 1945 - 2003
Performance art-light explosions, video art
California, New York / Italy. Born 1960
Post modernist surreal paintings, album covers, musician
Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts / Italy. 1937 - 1966
Figurative expressionist painting, religion
New York, Illinois. Born 1948
Mod-primitive expression-figure painting, sculpture
Illinois, Kansas. Born 1939
Abstraction, figure-masked
New York. 1924 - 2022
Realist nude figure painting,, interiors and townscape
New York. 1940 - 2025
Minimilist, installation artist, conecptualism, photography
California, Massachusetts / Japan. 1898 - 1976
Geometric abstract painting, op-stripes
New York, California. Born 1944
Sculptor-earthworks, abstraction
New York, California / Japan. Born 1962
Installation sculpture, images of commercial merchandise, female dolls, watches
New York, California / Guatemala. 1903 - 1981
Minimal, pop word play, collage, mural
New York, Illinois. 1930 - 2020
Abstract expressionist, surrealist painting on bowed-frame canvas
New York, South Dakota. 1922 - 1990
Abstract minimal-color field
New York / France. 1917 - 2004
Abstract expressionist painting
New York, Indiana. Born 1947
Sculptor, non ob painter, graphics
New York, Minnesota. Born 1942
Landscape, figure-interior and portrait painting
California, Indiana. 1937 - 2021
Abstraction, funk art,caligraphy, teaching