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How does Tom Wesselmann use lines in his work Still Life with Fuji?
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In his work Still Life with Fuji Chrysanthemums, Tom Wesselmann used well-defined contour lines to depict flowers, fruit and other household objects. The American Pop artist made the piece of laser-cut steel and designed it to hang on the wall like a canvas painting. Shop a variety of Tom Wesselmann art on 1stDibs.
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Bedroom Brunette with Irises
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004.
Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True.
In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning.
After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design.
In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery.
In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Rosemary Lying On One Elbow" Laser Cut Steel Drawing
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
Artist: Tom Wesselmann
Title: Rosemary Lying on One Elbow
Medium: Laser Cut Steel
Edition: 45
Date: 1989
Dimensions: 8" x 15" X 1/8"
Description: Signed Unframed
Condition: ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Laser
MONICA LYING ON HER BACK, KNEES UP
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Aventura, FL
Five color lithograph and linocut on arches white paper. Hand signed and numbered by Tom Wesselmann. Edition HC 5/12 (the main edition was 100 plus 6 artist's proofs). Published by...
Category
1990s Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Linocut, Lithograph
Mouth #2
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) is one of the most iconic, collected, and sexy American Pop artists.
Wesselmann arrived in New York City to study at Cooper Union with the goal of becomin...
Category
2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Still Life with Fruit, from 1¢ Life
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Tom Wesselmann
Title: Still Life with Fruit
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Year: 1964
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 20 5/8" x 29 1/2"
Sheet Size: 16 1/4" x 22 3/...
Category
1960s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tom Wesselmann-Country Bouquet with Delphinium hand-signed
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed Serigraph after Tom Wesselmann for a Tammy Wynette concert in Vermont, 1989, printed on a heavy rag paper. Signed and dated '89 in pencil by Wesselmann, underneath the text n...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen