Glennray Tutor (born 1950 in
Kennett, Missouri) is an American
painter
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who is known for his
photorealistic paintings. He is considered to be part of the Photorealism art movement.
[ Eric Gibson, "Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-First Century: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Catalog, Introductory essay. Stinehour Press Publishers, Lunenburg, VT. 1999.] His paintings are immersed with bright colors, nostalgic items, metaphor, and with a complete focus on detail.
[''Picks of the Week: Art'', Jon W. Sparks, ]The Commercial Appeal
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, Memphis, TN, October 5, 2003 Tutor is a graduate of the
University of Mississippi
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where he received his
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in Art and English in 1974 and his
Master of Fine Arts
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degree in Painting in 1976.
Work
Glennray Tutor's earliest work was that of barren landscapes resembling the South West United States and Mexico, with titles such as ''The Road to the Mesa''.
[Louis Dollarhide, Of Art And Artists: ''Selected Reviews of the Arts in Mississippi 1955-1976.'' University Press Publishers, Jackson, MS, 1981.] This work is marked by muted earth colors and rich blacks and is called "The Structure Series."
[Mary Warner,Tutor Exhibit to Open At Southside Gallery, Oxford Town # 795, Nov. 6-12, 2008."] During this time he also illustrated several book covers by
Michael Bishop which can be described as fantasy pieces.
Tutor's first Photorealist paintings were done in the early 1980s, without knowledge of the original Photorealism movement.
[Pill, Steve. ''Photorealism: Picture Perfect.'' Artists and Illustrators Magazine, London, UK, Issue Number 255, December, 2007.] His subject matter ranged from
still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
s of mason jars, fireworks, and toys to rural landscapes. In the mid-1980s he became aware of the original Photorealism painters and was particularly receptive to the work of
Ralph Goings
Ralph Goings (May 9, 1928 – September 4, 2016) was an American painter closely associated with the Photorealism movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was best known for his highly detailed paintings of hamburger stands, pick-up trucks ...
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By the end of the 1980s, Tutor's subject matter had almost exclusively become still lifes consisting of the small commonplace artifacts of daily life, often nostalgic items, such as glass jars, cola bottles, toys, and especially fireworks.
Many of Tutor's paintings have appeared in and on the covers of books, record albums, and magazines.
He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, at such venues as The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans; Frist Center For The Visual Arts, Nashville; Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Gallery Henoch, New York, New York; International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC; Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, New York; Helander Gallery, New York; The World's Fair, New Orleans; Frank Marino Gallery, New York; Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles; and Jay Etkin Gallery, Santa Fe.
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Tutor's work can be found in many public, corporate, and private collections, including The Seymour Lawrence Collection of American Art, The Roger Horchow Collection of Art, FedEx Corporation, The Howard Tullman Collection of Art, Universal Studios, NBC Network, Hospital Corporation of America, and 20th Century Fox Studios among others.Mobil
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Corporation. Tutor's work was displayed alongside other artists such as Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. Hi ...
, Chuck Close
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, Audrey Flack
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Flack has numerous academic degrees, including both a graduate and an honorary doct ...
, Robert Gniewek and Robert Rauschenberg
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as well as many others. The traveling gallery show started in Washington, DC and then toured South Eastern Asia.Jim Dees
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, ''Work of Local Artists to Tour Asia.'' Oxford Town, Oxford, MS, May 15, 1999.
Personal life
Glennray Tutor lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
See also
* Photorealism
Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...
* Hyperrealism
Jean Baudrillard ( , , ; 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist, philosopher and poet with interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as w ...
* Ralph Goings
Ralph Goings (May 9, 1928 – September 4, 2016) was an American painter closely associated with the Photorealism movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was best known for his highly detailed paintings of hamburger stands, pick-up trucks ...
* Charles Bell
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Notes
External links
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1950 births
Living people
People from Kennett, Missouri
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
University of Mississippi alumni
Photorealist artists
Painters from Missouri
20th-century American male artists