Michael Newberry is an American painter based in
Idyllwild, California. He is a representational artist, blending a variety of influences, notably
Rembrandt and the
French Impressionists.
[ His major works are typically life-sized canvases.
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Education and early career
He began painting at age 11, after discovering Rembrandt.[Interview of Michael Newberry by Kaizen http://www.ethicsandentrepreneurship.org/20080522/interview-with-michael-newberry/]
He studied fine arts at the University of Southern California
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from 1974 to 1977 and was mentored by American modernist Edgar Ewing.[
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Teaching
He taught figure drawing, composition, and painting at the Otis/Parsons Institute in Los Angeles from 1990 to 1994.[Interview of Michael Newberry by The Objectivist Center: Satisfying the Soul http://www.objectivistcenter.org/ct-19-Satisfying_Soul_Interview_with_Michael_Newberry.aspx]
Advocacy
He created and organized the Foundation for the Advancement of Art, which held a conference "Innovation, Substance, Vision: The Future of Art" at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan on October 6, 2003, featuring speakers: philosophers Stephen Hicks and David Kelley
David Christopher Kelley (born June 23, 1949) is an American philosopher. He is a professed Objectivist, though his position that Objectivism can be revised and influenced by other schools of thought has prompted disagreements with other Objec ...
, vision scientist Jan Koenderick, and sculptor Martine Vaugel. The mission of the Foundation was to recognize and promote innovative, contemporary representational painters and sculptors.[Interview of Michael Newberry by the Atlasphere: Michael Newberry on Art, Inspiration, and Love http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/030922_schwartz_newberry.php]
References
Michael Newberry interview with Ayn Rand Fan Club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOsKpq5pG9c
External links
Online archive of Michael Newberry's works
Michael Newberry's website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
Artists from Santa Monica, California
USC Roski School of Fine Arts alumni
USC Trojans men's tennis players
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni
20th-century American male artists