William L. Haney (born June 17, 1938 in
Strong City, Kansas; died March 22, 1992) is recognized for his narrative-realist paintings. His paintings were constructed as conceptual
collage
Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...
s involving social-political issues of the late 20th century. Haney was intensely engaged in art history, often referencing other artists and the world around him. His artistic process consisted of drawing and collecting images from magazines, posters, and other sources. Usually, he would prepare watercolor first and then plan placement as per color attributes, finishing with an oil painting and print. His draftsman skills only allowed him to draw on canvas without the aid of a camera. He was also known as a
super-realist and a post photo-realist. Other contemporary painters working in a super-realistic or hyper-realistic style are
Richard Estes an
Robert Birmelin
Life
At an early age, Haney’s family moved to
Topeka, Kansas, where he spent his childhood and grew up. He received his B.F.A. fro
Washburn Universityand M.F.A. fro
Indiana Universityin Bloomington. While studying at Indiana, he was strongly influenced by the realist
James McGarrell
James McGarrell (February 22, 1930 – February 7, 2020) was an American painter and printmaker known for painting lush figurative interiors and landscapes.
Biography
James McGarrell was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and began painting in the ...
, along with other realists dating back to the Renaissance. He lived in
New York City from 1972-1986, where he was employed as faculty at th
New York Institute of Technologyan
Pratt Institute After leaving New York, he moved to
Louisville, Kentucky to become Chairperson of Fine Arts a
Bellarmine University He died at age 53 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Work
In New York City he was represented by th
and James Yu Gallery. His art was purchased by many private collectors such as
Malcolm Forbes 2., and museums and galleries such as th
Metropolitan Museum of Art Many of his paintings were sold during his lifetime; however, most of them remained till his death too and were later donated t
in Topeka, Kansas. Reviews of Haney’s work have appeared in the ''
New York Times'',
Art in America',
ARTNews', and Patterns Across Disciplines by Stuart Hirschberg 3. Photographs of his work have appeared in art magazines as well a
Science Magazine4. Selected exhibitions include:
Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York City
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York CityButler Institute of American ArtYoungstown, OH; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
an
Topeka, KS, whose permanent collection includes ''Marry Off'' and ''Shut Off ''(images are found above).
Notes
# John Ward, ''American Realist Painting 1945-1980''. Ann Arbor: UNI Research Press, 1989, pp. 342–43.
# Michael Kernan, ''The Life in a Day of Malcolm Forbes'', ''The Washington Post'', June 5, 1983
# Alan Wallach, ''William L. Haney and Jan van ''Eyck in ''Patterns Across Disciplines'' by Stuart Hirschberg. New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1987, pp. 217–20.
# ''Invested Interest In'' in ''The Sciences'', January/February 1987.
External links
Google Image search of William L. Haney's Work
Ask Art Posting on William L. Haney
Internet Archive Posting on William L. Haney
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1939 births
1992 deaths
20th-century American painters
American male painters
American watercolorists
20th-century American printmakers
20th-century American male artists
New York Institute of Technology faculty