California. Born 1952
Abstraction, pop art, surreal painting and sculpture
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Born 1954. Known for: Astrological installation, globe drawings-sculpture.
Based in Los Angeles, Russell Crotty has been an abstract painter, installation artist and in the 1990s began to focus on drawing. His early drawings were based on the many ink sketches he makes in... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, Russell Crotty has been an abstract painter, installation artist and in the 1990s began to focus on drawing. His early drawings were based on the many ink sketches he makes in journals, especially of surfers, but then switched to a fascination with astronomy, which has... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, Russell Crotty has been an abstract painter, installation artist and in the 1990s began to focus on drawing. His early drawings were based on the many ink sketches he makes in journals, especially of surfers, but then switched to a fascination with astronomy, which has resulted in his globe drawings. Of this activity, he says: "The process of drawing for myself and probably a lot of people seems more natural than painting, which is kind of forced by all the history and... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, Russell Crotty has been an abstract painter, installation artist and in the 1990s began to focus on drawing. His early drawings were based on the many ink sketches he makes in journals, especially of surfers, but then switched to a fascination with astronomy, which has resulted in his globe drawings. Of this activity, he says: "The process of drawing for myself and probably a lot of people seems more natural than painting, which is kind of forced by all the history and trends. I found that by simplifying the materials, it became much more interesting and subtle, not so bombastic as the abstract painting." (Sheets 100). He records his night-sky observations in sketch books, and then creates drawings in oversize books... Read full biography
Based in Los Angeles, Russell Crotty has been an abstract painter, installation artist and in the 1990s began to focus on drawing. His early drawings were based on the many ink sketches he makes in journals, especially of surfers, but then switched to a fascination with astronomy, which has resulted in his globe drawings. Of this activity, he says: "The process of drawing for myself and probably a lot of people seems more natural than painting, which is kind of forced by all the history and trends. I found that by simplifying the materials, it became much more interesting and subtle, not so bombastic as the abstract painting." (Sheets 100). He records his night-sky observations in sketch books, and then creates drawings in oversize books that resemble atlases and also onto globes, painstakingly building up the finished work with tiny pen stroke... Read full biography
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Nightfall Over Chumash Pyramid, 2004
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California. Born 1952
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California, New Jersey. Born 1954
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California. 1941 - 1998
Assemblage
California, Kansas. 1934 - 2022
Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons
California, Illinois. 1925 - 2012
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California. 1912 - 2003
Surreal imagery-spirals, female figure
New York, Arizona. Born 1957
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California, Kansas, Missouri. 1921 - 2013
Abstract expression and figurative painting, graphics
California, New York / Former Yugoslavia. Born 1933
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California / Latvia. 1926 - 2026
Abstract imagery-still life painting, sculpture
California. 1939 - 2020
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California. 1913 - 1981
Abstract expressionism
California, Oregon. 1908 - 1997
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California, Ohio. Born 1946
Abstract view paintings, prints and sculpture
New York, California. 1925 - 1969
Mod figure, abstraction, illustration
New York, California. 1904 - 1994
Cubist figure-still life, non objective painting
California, New York. 1926 - 2018
Cross-hatch modernist imagery, graphics, painting
California, New York, Illinois / France. 1919 - 2012
Modernist-real figure, genre
Oregon, California. 1943 - 2013
Whimsical sculpture-frogs, foodstuff, funk art, teaching
California, British Columbia / India. 1938 - 1990
Expressionist painting-impasto, abstraction
California. 1922 - 1998
Modernist figurative, genre, landscape and interior paintings
California. 1911 - 1960
Bay Area figurative painting, murals
New Mexico, California. Born 1939
Hard edge painting, glass cube, minimalist sculpture
California. 1930 - 1992
Funk ceramic pop image ceramics, mixed media
California. 1928 - 2010
Abstract figurative painting, graphics
New York, California. 1938 - 2024
Pop-art copied paintings
California. 1930 - 2021
Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches
California. 1916 - 1991
Modernist figure, abstract painting, teaching