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Robert P. McChesney
Robert Pearson McChesney (1913–2008) was a California post-war artist, abstract expressionist painter, assemblage artist, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. He is considered one of the "progenitors of Bay Area abstract expressionism". Life He grew up in Marshall, Missouri. From 1933 to 1934 he studied at Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, and in 1936 at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He worked the Federal Art Project in San Francisco, and on murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition. At the exposition, McChesney worked with a team of around 10 people, on a mural series designed and directed by artist, Herman Volz. It consisted of two large mural on two sides of a large federal building called ''The Conquest of the West'', and on one side of the building it was''By Land''and the other was''By Sea''. This particular mural was the world's largest at the time. Other artists that worked on this multi-year mural project included artist help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the Western art world, a role formerly filled by Art in Paris, Paris. Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates (critic), Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine ''Der Sturm'', regarding German Expressionism. In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky. Style Technically, an important predecessor is surrealism, with its emphasis on spontaneous, Surrealist automatism, automatic, or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson, Max Ernst, and David Alfaro Siqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonoma Mountain
Sonoma Mountain is a prominent landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County, California. At an elevation of , Sonoma Mountain offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sonoma Valley to the east. In fact, the viticultural area extends in isolated patches up the eastern slopes of Sonoma Mountain to almost in elevation. The eastern and northern slopes are protected from afternoon heat and hence are more densely forested in oak woodlands, abetted by the well-drained, nutrient-rich soils. The western and southern slopes, on the other hand, are drier and warmer, leading to fewer dense woodlands and more chaparral, grassland and oak savannah. Geology Until approximately twelve million years ago, this location was part of the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. In the Miocene era, precipitated by the combination of tectonic movement due to the seismically active environment and the presence of magma not far below the Earth's surface, a massive period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Merchant Mariners Of World War II
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Painters From California
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American Muralists
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Otis College Of Art And Design Alumni
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Sam Fox School Of Design & Visual Arts Alumni
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People From Marshall, Missouri
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People Of The New Deal Arts Projects
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California State University, East Bay Faculty
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