Artist: Jasper Johns (1930 - )
Nationality: American
Movement: Pop Art
Media: Painting, Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in Georgia, Jasper Johns studied at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He met Robert Rauschenberg upon his arrival in New York City in 1952. The two shared similar views on contemporary culture and expressed their ideas in their artwork, thus developing the Pop Art movement. Johns reformed everyday symbols such as number, letters, and even the American flag, by showing them in a different context. He examines his subjects in many medias including oils, encaustic, print, plaster, and mixed media.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Usuyuki, 1981 Made by Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)Silkscreen; 29-1/2 x 47-1/4 in. (74.9 x
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Jasper Johns - 0-9 1967 lithograph The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Jasper Johns - Tennyson 1965 oil on canvas with w Des Moines Art Center American
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Jasper Johns - Ruler 1966 lithograph Hofstra Museum American
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Jasper Johns - Reconstruction 1959 encaustic and collag Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper Johns - Usuyuki 1977-78 encaustic and collag Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper Johns - Device 1961-1962 oil on canvas with w Dallas Museum of Art American
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Jasper Johns - Near the Lagoon 2002-2003 encaustic on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Jasper Johns - Between the Clock and the Bed 1983 encaustic on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts American
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Jasper Johns Untitled Screenprint 1977
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Jasper Johns - Corpse and Mirror 1976 lithograph Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
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Jasper Johns - Perilous Night 1982 encaustic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jasper Johns Two Maps, I Lithograph printed in gray on black Fabriano paper 1966
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Jasper Johns USA, 1990 Photograph,
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Jasper Johns Target, encased with the book Technics and Creativity: Gemini G.E.L. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1971) Offset lithograph with collage, in white plastic book case with the exhibition catalogue "Technics and Creativity" 1971
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White Flag, 1955 Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas; H.
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Winslow Homer - The White Rowboat, St. Johns River 1890 Watercolor on paper The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey October oil on canvas 1887
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Anonymous VII - Cambridge - St. Johns Chapel, from the river 1880
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Jasper Francis Cropsey The Gates of the Hudson watercolor on paper 1891
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Jasper Francis Cropsey Under the Palisades watercolor on wove paper circa 1891
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Jasper Francis Cropsey View of Greenwood Lake, New Jersey oil on canvas 1845
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Adam Pynacker, Dutch, 1622-1673 Landscape with Goats about 1660 Oil on canvas 96.9 x 84.5
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Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn on the Hudson oil on canvas mounted on panel 19th - 20th century
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William Walcot St. Johns College, Oxford Etching 19th - 20th century
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Peter Carl FabergÈ Russian peasant man jasper, lapis lazuli, agate, sapphire 19th - 20th century
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Artist: Jasper F. Cropsey Title: Catskill Mountain House Date: 1855 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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Peter Carl FabergÈ Russian peasant woman lapis, jasper, emerald quartz, agate, other stones 19th - 20th century
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Charles Henri Toussaint IV - Oxford - Gateway of St. Johns College etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Henri Toussaint IV - Oxford - Gateway of St. Johns College etching 19th - 20th century
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Charles Henri Toussaint VIII - Cambridge - St. Johns College etching 19th - 20th century
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Peter Carl FabergÈ Russian Jade and Hardstone figure spinich jade,lapis lazuli, brown agate, sapphire, Siberian jasper 19th - 20th century
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - The Spirit of War 1851 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Landscape 1890 oil on canvas Art Complex Museum at Duxbury American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - The Old Mill 1876 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art American
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Indian Summer 1866 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Gray Day on the Esopus 1882 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Notes to Staten Island July 3rd 1866 July 3, 1866
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Staten Island. July 3rd, 1866 July 3, 1866 Graphite pencil
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Arched Rock, Capri July 20, 1848 Graphite and watercolor on
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Oak Tree, Albano. September 20, 1848 Graphite pencil and wash
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Jasper Green, American, 1829-1910 Return of a Foraging Party to Philippi (West Virginia) 1861 Graphite
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Wyoming Valley from Prospect Rock Aug. 8th 1864 August 8,
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 West Lulworth August 1857 Graphite on laid paper Sheet: 20
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Mountain Landscape June 22, 1852 Graphite on buff paper. Sheet:
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Chenango River, New York 1858 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - The Hudson River, New York 1857-58 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - The Narrows at Lake George 1888 oil on canvas Hudson River Museum American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Design for Gilbert Elevated Railway. Elevation Architectural about 1878 Graphite
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 American Fall. Niagara. Sept 4th 1855 September 4, 1855-1855 Graphite
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Autumn - On the Hudson River 1860 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Washington's Headquarters on the Hudson 1851 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Warwick Castle, England 1857 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Catskill Clove in a Storm 1841-1900 Brown wash heightened with
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Trees and a Stream on a Hillside 1853 oil on board Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Mount Washington, New Hampshire 1870 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Landscape with Bridge about 1860 Graphite pencil on gray paper
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Cliff, West Lulworth August 1857 Graphite pencil and neutral washes
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 "Waldheim", residence of W. H. Wells. West view "Waldheim", residence
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 City House, Front Elevation (Four-storey house) Architectural Dated 1873 Watercolor
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Cylinder seal Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Akkadian Akkadian Period, 2334-2154 B.C. Sumer-Akkadian Green jasper, intaglio 0.028
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Summer Cottage, Front Elevation II Drawing for Aladdin at Warwick,
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Dawn of Morning, Lake George 1868 oil on canvas Albany Institute of History and Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Winter Landscape, North Conway, NH 1859 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Study of a Clump of Trees 1848 Oil on paper
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Almond-shaped sealstone with jug and branches Gem Early Aegean, Minoan Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III
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Cabinet
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Jasper F. Cropsey - Sunset after a Storm in the Catskill Mountains c. 1860 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Walton-on-Thames 1860 Oil on canvas 81.91 x 132.71 cm (32
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Eagle Cliff, New Hampshire 1851 Oil on canvas 93.98 x
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Niagara Falls from the Foot of Goat Island 1851 or
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Copied after Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Summer Landscape: Haymaking (after American Harvesting) 1851 or
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Fragmentary Head of a Queen, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.; Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten; New Kingdom
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Mt. Jefferson- Pinkham Notch, White Mountains 1857 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire 1858 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - An Indian Summer Morning in the White Mountains 1857 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Jasper F. Cropsey - The Cove- A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains 1851 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Pioneer's Home, Eagle Cliff, White Mountains 1859 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Jasper Francis Cropsey - Sidney Plains with the Union of the Susquehanna and Unadilla Rivers 1874 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Emile GallÈ Vase glass circa 1900
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Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900 Schatacook Mountain, Housatonic Valley, Connecticut 1845 Oil on canvas 78.1
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Gem with rooster-headed, snake-legged Iao in armor, holding a whip Roman, Provincial Imperial Period 2nd
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Compote Favrile glass circa 1912
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Gem with rooster-headed, snake-legged Iao in armor, holding a whip Roman, Provincial Imperial Period 2nd
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Candlestick blown Favrile glass circa 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Candlabrum blown Favrile glass circa 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Compote bronze and Favrile glass circa 1910
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Candlestick blown, Favrile glass circa 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Bowl blown, Favrile glass circa 1900
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Vase free-blown, Favrile glass 1915
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Candlestick blown, Favrile glass circa 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Candlestick blown Favrile glass circa 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Lava vase blown, Favrile glass circa 1900
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Vase rib-molded and blown, Favrile glass circa 1902
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Vase free-blown, Favrile glass circa 1912
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Pair of Girandoles
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Paperweight cast Favrile glass with gilt metal circa 1900
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Bowl green iridescent blown Favrile glass 1906 - 1920
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Bowl ten ribs blown and rib-molded, Favrile glass circa 1910
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Lamp and shade free-blown, Favrile glass circa 1927

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor
Motherwell's works are based on poems by Rafael Alberti, and Johns' are collaborations with novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett. Both artists have played dominant roles in the development and maturation of twentieth-century contemporary a...
National Gallery of Art: Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades
The exhibition opens in conjunction with The Unfinished Print and American Naive Paintings, which will be on view during the same period in adjacent galleries. ...
Whitney Museum of Art: The Draftsman's Colors: Fourteen New Acquisitions from Johns to Chong
The artists' avoidance of strong color allows the viewer to concentrate on their pure draftsmanship. Included are drawings in various ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections

The exhibition draws from the Broads' personal collection and the holdings of The Broad Art Foundation. Developed over the past 30 years, these collections span four decades and include some of the most emblematic works in the history of postwar a...
Indianapolis Museum of Art: Pop Impact - From Johns to Warhol
Considered controversial when it first emerged in the 1950s and 60s, Pop Art broke the rules by shunning abstraction in general and returning to recognizable subject matter, yet the subjects Pop artists chose—Coke bottles, billbo...
Dallas Museum of Art: Jasper Johns: New Paintings and Works on Paper Comp
Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition debuted there and traveled to the Yale University Art Gallery before its appearance in Dallas. This presentation marks the first ti...
Columbia Museum of Art: Contemporary Prints from the Collection of Jasper Johns, Part II
Visitors to the Museum's permanent collection galleries will find four Focus Galleries dedicated to changing installations of works not ordinarily on view - three on the second floo...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983
Jasper Johns first came to public attention over 50 years ago, with his now-famous images of flags, numerals and impersonal household objects, or - as he described them - “things we already know”. Radically different from the prevailing Abstract E...
Cambridge Galleries: Joanna Strong: flourish
Newfoundland native Joanna Strong studied at York University in Toronto and Memorial University in St. John’s, before going to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design to concentrate on studio work. After...
Detroit Institute of Art: Beyond Big: Oversized Prints, Drawings and Photographs
In the last half of the 20th century, advances in technology have permitted artists to create prints and photographs of unprecedented scale. With equipment and paper now being produced in sizes that rival dimensions that only paintings and some dr...
Milwaukee Art Museum: POP Impact: from Johns to Warhol
Pop Impact! From Johns to Warhol looks at Pop imagery from different perspectives, encouraging visitors to examine the movement's defining characteristics elements such as scale and seriality as well as such atypical Pop approaches as the...
Phoenix Art Museum: Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection
This exhibition has been organized by the Portland Art Museum and is made possible by UBS. One of the foremost collections of contemporary art in the United States, The UBS Art Collection, formerly The PaineWebber Art Collection, began in 1971 wi...
Columbia Museum of Art: POP IMACT! From Johns to Warhol
Included in the exhibition, are icons of the '60s by 17 notable artists including Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselman, Robert Indiana, Marisol, Edward Ruscha, George Segal and Wayne Thiebau...
: Art Dealer Monolith Leo Castelli Dies at 91
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Appleton Museum of Art: Homage to Van Gogh: International Artists Pay Tribute to a Legend
The collection was started in 1985 with the intention on fulfilling Van Gogh’s hope of forming a community of artists in Arles, France. Little evidence remains of Van Gogh’s residence in the city. None of the paintings made during Van Gogh’s “Arle...
National Gallery of Art: A Century of Drawing: Works on Paper from Degas to LeWitt
Examples by great old masters who created some of their most powerful work after the turn of the century--Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, and Winslow Homer--are shown side by side with works by the younger generation of artists, such as Pablo Picasso,...
DeBary Hall: Cecil Herring: Rediscovering Florida
From Herring's Artist statement- " 'Find your bliss,' the great Philosopher- Anthropologist Joseph Campbell advised. Campbell was right. I found my 'bliss' in 1956, 49 years ago. I have loved every minute I have spent creating art works and to t...
Museen der Stadt Wien: Dreams 1900-2000: Art, Science and the Unconscious
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Pouch Cove Foundation: Residency Opportunity for Visual Artists
The Pouch Cove Foundation has been funded by the Baird Family in an effort to assist visual artists experience our unique culture and in turn, have those artists show the province to the world. To date we have hosted artists from all provinces ...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Organized thematically, the exhibition addresses some of the prevailing subjects that preoccupied Pop artists, including mass media, consumer culture, politics, and erotica. The exhibition begins with proto-Pop examples by artists such as Ja...
Perry Rubenstein Gallery: Sturtevant: Push and Shove
The exhibition will include an installation of Marcel Duchamp’s 1200 coal bags, approximately ten ready-made objects, and the film Nude Descending the Staircase produced in 1967. In the 24th Street space, the artist will premiere a seven-channel v...
Cleveland Museum of Art: From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints
The finest impressions by Rembrandt (1606–1669), one of the most experimental and greatest printmakers, are now exceedingly rare, so that it is important to take advantage when an opportunity appears. A beautiful impression of The ...
Living: Colour: John Nolan
John Nolan was born in 1958, in Dublin, Ireland.His exuberant modern figurative style combines bold outlines with bright exotic colours. His interpretation of various motifs (Fish, Landscape, Flowers, Birds, Human Figure, Still Life, Trees) transm...
Shire Pottery Gallery and Studios: Lightplay: Work by John Fieldhouse
After two highly successful shows at the Shire Pottery Gallery John Fieldhouse returns to Alnwick for his third solo exhibition. Those who know Johns work well have been keenly awaiting these works, curious to see how he has met the challenge of d...
Contemporary Arts Center: Slide Show
Slide Show is a series of 18 installations that range from single-carousel pieces to more cinematic presentations created with multiple projectors. Through the remarkably simple technology of a slide projector and color transparencies, artists fou...
Contemporary Arts Center: Kendell Geers: Hung, Drawn and Quartered
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Geers employs a fully integrated approach to art and life calling into question his own conflicted ancestry as a white South African. He has exhibited extensively around the world, most notably he has participat...
Grounds for Sculpture: The Sculptors Guild: A Group Exhibition
Sculptures by the following contemporary artists are on view: David Boyajian, Leonard Cave, Ann Chahbandour, Joan Danziger, David E. Davis, Fritz Dietel, Jo o Duarte, Nick Edmonds, Lin Emery, Joseph Fucigna, Don Gale, Irene Gennaro, Lucy Hodgso...
Grounds for Sculpture: Last Chance! The Sculptors Guild: A Group Exhibition

Sculptures by the following contemporary artists are on view: David Boyajian, Leonard Cave, Ann Chahbandour, Joan Danziger, David E. Davis, Fritz Dietel, Jo o Duarte, Nick Edmonds, Lin Emery, Joseph Fucigna, Don Gale, Irene Gennaro, Lucy Hod...
Contemporary Arts Center: Sanford Biggers: both/and not either/or
For the CAC, Biggers will produce a new exhibition environment entitled “Both/And Not Either/Or.” The exhibition will focus on a bell choir ceremony in Japan where he explores the connection between contemporary and ancestral.  Biggers’ exhibition...
Bayly Art Museum: Charlottesville Collects
“We think our visitors will be both surprised and delighted to see the wonderful works in Charlottesville Collects,” says Jill Hartz, director of the Bayly Art Museum. “We are thrilled to share these works with the public, and are so grateful ...

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