Kansas, California. 1933 - 2008
Abstraction, collage, funk art and film making
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1925 Los Angeles, California - 1969 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Mod figure, abstraction, illustration.
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and... Read full biography
With energetic abstract expression, an aggressive personality, and reckless life style, John Altoon was a major presence in the 1950 and 60s art scene of Los Angeles that included Robert Irwin, Ed Kienholz and Ed Moses. Artistically he became known for his oil paintings and his influence as an art instructor. In the magazine "Art in America," February 1999, he was referred to, relative to that era, as "the baddest of the bad boys" [84], one who rode motorcycles at high speeds, drove cars blindfolded, and also suffered from schizophrenia. He grew up in Los Angeles and after high school graduation, served in the Navy as a radar technician in the Pacific during World War II. At the end of the war, he used the GI Bill to go to art school and lived and worked as a commercial illustrator in New York City. During this time, he also created large gestural paintings, as a result of... Read full biography
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California, Massachusetts / Japan. 1898 - 1976
Geometric abstract painting, op-stripes
California, Michigan / England. 1915 - 2007
Abstract to figurative expression, lithography
New York, California. 1934 - 2011
Minimalist sculpture-dark lacquered, shining forms, painting
California. 1929 - 1989
Large-scale abstraction, photocollage
California, New Mexico. 1919 - 2009
Hard edge painting, abstraction
California. 1926 - 1976
Collage-surreal-pop images
New Mexico, California. Born 1939
Hard edge painting, glass cube, minimalist sculpture
New Mexico, California. 1935 - 2012
Colorful ceramic objects-eggs, teacups, surreal forms
California. 1913 - 1981
Abstract expressionism
California, Colorado. 1936 - 2022
Minimalist industrial material sculpture, resin, plastic and glass
New York, New Mexico / Greece, India. Born 1941
Sculpture-knot shaped 'environments', fountains, graphics
California, Kansas, Missouri. 1921 - 2013
Abstract expression and figurative painting, graphics
California, New York, Illinois / France. 1919 - 2012
Modernist-real figure, genre
California, North Carolina. 1926 - 2013
Woven wire sculpture-fountains, figure drawing, graphics
New York, British Columbia / Canada. 1952/54 - 2017
Street art, graffiti, landscape and seascape painting, silhouettes
California. 1928 - 2023
Abstract optical, light and space movement, minimalism, sculpture
California, Kansas. 1934 - 2022
Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons
Texas, New York. Born 1957
Torn ornate fabric and text image painting, punk propaganda, conceptual
New York, Nevada. Born 1979
Paintings, sculpture
California. Born 1935
Assemblage-found object, collage
California. 1932 - 2010
Minimal expressionist painting, modernist sculpture
New York. 1936 - 2024
Multi-media, modernist figure, collage-assemblage, happenings
California, Illinois. 1925 - 2012
Modernist figure, hard edge, geometric imagery, teaching
California. 1928 - 2016
Super real genre-figure, still life
California, Oklahoma. 1919 - 1998
Non objective and figurative abstract imagery-luminous
California, Ohio. Born 1946
Abstract view paintings, prints and sculpture
New York, California. Born 1945
Monochromatic and grid pattern painting, glass on canvas, light and space
California, New York. 1926 - 2018
Cross-hatch modernist imagery, graphics, painting
California. 1916 - 1991
Modernist figure, abstract painting, teaching
New York, California / Japan. 1904 - 1988
Abstract sculpture, mod mediums
New York, California. 1938 - 2024
Pop-art copied paintings