Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Born in Seymour, Texas, Ancel Nunn began drawing at age 12. He added to his early art education through summer workshops under noted artists such as Dong Kingman and Alexander Hogue. In 1944, his drypoint etching, The Domino Players, won an honorable mention in the prestigious Ingersoll competition. The following year his watercolor, The Cockfight, was awarded first place. Nunn graduated from high school in Abilene in 1946. He entered the U.S. Army in 1947, spending several different active duty periods and attaining the rank of Major. During this period, he did little or no painting. Nunn was recalled to active duty in 1963 and produced no paintings during that year. In 1964, he was again released from the army and at that time committed himself to becoming a professional artist. While much of his early work was nostalgic and reflected regionalist images, many of his later works possessed somewhat surreal elements. Using common objects such as chairs, doors and gates he examined the themes of life, change and death. Nunn's art was full of paradox and irony. Nunn maddeningly appropriated all history and events to reconstruct his parables of life. His appropriations were as likely to come from the history of art as from the personal events of his own life. Nunn playfully involved others in his journey of mental and metaphysical gymnastics.
1970s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Paper
Early 1900s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
1960s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1910s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Cardboard
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s American Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Impressionist Ancel Nunn Prints and Multiples
Lithograph