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Billy Al Bengston Art

American, b. 1934
Based in Venice, California, Billy Al Bengston burst onto the scene in the 1950s with his passion for motorcycle racing and art. Bengston was discharged from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1955 for depleting the clay supply. Following this exit, he enrolled at the Otis Art Institute to study under Peter Voulkos whom he later named as a significant influence, along with Richard Diebenkorn. Bengston found immediate success in the Los Angeles art scene, enjoying multiple solo shows at Ferus Gallery and a 1968 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His artistic output, mainly sculpture and painting, is informed by a variety of influences that range from his love of motorcycles and car-detailing techniques to recurring geometric shapes similar to those of Jasper Johns. Art historian Andrew Perchuck included Bengston among the "West Coast artists, including Robert Irwin and Ken Price, who were instrumental in redefining the terms of artistic identity in the early 60s by insisting that sub-cultural affinities and leisure-time activities (surfing, car customizing) were at the foundation of their artistic personas."
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California Cool Pop Art Mixed media & lithograph hand signed 20/20, artist label
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston Cockatoo AAA Dracula, 1968 Lithograph , Zinc and Aluminum, in Silver-Violet, Yellow, Two Grays and Orange on uncalendered Rives paper Frame included signed faintly ...
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1960s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Mixed Media, Lithograph

Honolulu Watercolor, unique signed work on paper by famed LA Pop Artist, Framed
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston Honolulu Watercolor, 1992 Watercolor on handmade paper with deckled edge in artist's hand made frame with studio label verso Signed, titled and dated in pencil lowe...
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1990s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Watercolor, Pencil

Turkey Dracula mixed media watercolor, California Pop star Signed AP 6/10 Framed
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston Turkey Dracula, 1973 Color lithograph with hand coloring and watercolor (unique variant) on Lanaquaralle paper with deckled edges Hand signed and numbered A.P. #6, ...
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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Lithograph

The Alamo – Yellow
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Alamo – Yellow- Lacquer-and- polyester-resin-on-aluminum artwork by important, Southern California based artist, Billy Al Bengston (b.1934) Signature: indented initials upper c...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Billy Al Bengston Art

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Metal

Sweet Filthy Cheat (unique signed mixed media painting with artist studio label)
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston Sweet Filthy Cheat, 2004 Watercolor and acrylic on paper Signed, dated and titled on the front Frame included Unique This unique work, with it's charmingly sly tit...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Billy Al Bengston signed LA Olympic print 1984 (with COA from Olympic Committee)
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston LA 1984 (with official COA from Olympic Committee), 1982 Offset Lithograph and lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper (hand signed), with COA from Olympic Committee &...
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1980s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Lily, Flower
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Greenwich, CT
Visually bright and dynamic work by expressive California artist Bengston. Colors are crisp and the oversize sheet and size mays for strong visual impact in a room. Newly framed in...
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1970s Abstract Billy Al Bengston Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Billy Al Bengston – American (1934-2022) Title: Untitled Year: 1990 Medium: Lithograph, silkscreen on Arches paper Sight size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches. Sheet size: 24 x 30 inches. Signature: Signed lower right Publisher: Cirrus Editions, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA Edition: 250 This one: 120/250 Condition: Excellent This print is by Billy Al Bengston. It depicts what looks like a coyote staring out at the horizon on a full moon night. This print was created at the same time Bengston was creating his Moon paintings. The print has dark colors. As a result, my photographs are imperfect; they have a bit of glare. The print is in excellent condition. It is attached by two hinges to a matboard measuring 26 x 32 inches and has a Plexiglas frame. The frame is in fair condition with some light scratches. Billy Al Bengston (June 7, 1934 – October 8, 2022) was an American visual artist and sculptor who lived and worked in Venice, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Bengston was probably best known for work he created that reflected California's "Kustom" car and motorcycle culture. He pioneered the use of sprayed layers of automobile lacquer in fine art and often used colors that were psychedelic and shapes that were mandala-like. ARTnews referred to Bengston as a "giant of Los Angeles's postwar art scene." Early life and education Bengston was born in Dodge City, Kansas, on June 7, 1934. His family relocated to Los Angeles in 1948. He attended Los Angeles City College in 1952. Subsequently, he studied painting under Richard Diebenkorn and Saburo Hasegawa at the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland, California, in 1955 and returned to Los Angeles to study at Otis Art Institute in 1956. Career Bengston began showing with the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles (founded and run by Walter Hopps and Edward Kienholz, and later Irving Blum), having five shows between 1958 and 1963. As a fixture at the gallery, he was among a cohort of artists that included Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Larry Bell, Kenneth Price, Ed Moses, and Robert Irwin. (The gallery closed in 1966.) In a 2018 article in Vanity Fair, Bengston recalled that he and Irwin hung the 32 pieces in Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup-can paintings show at Ferus in 1962. He notably described the atmosphere of Ferus as a "macho intellectual gang bang". After seeing the work of Jasper Johns at the 1958 Venice Biennale he adopted the motif of a set of sergeant's stripes. This recurring chevron image was painted with industrial materials and techniques associated with the decoration of motorcycle fuel tanks and surfboards. According to Grace Glueck of The New York Times, Bengston "was among the first to ditch traditional oil paint on canvas, opting instead for sprayed layers of automobile lacquer on aluminum in soft colors, achieving a highly reflective, translucent surface." Bengston encouraged viewers in the early 1960s to associate his art with motorcycle subculture; on the cover of a 1961 catalogue for a Ferus show, he was seen straddling a motorcycle. (He also competed in motocross competitions.) "When I painted these motorcycle paintings...
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1990s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Paper, Lithograph, Screen

Venice, Watercolor on Paper Painting by Billy Al Bengston, 1972
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Orange, CA
Venice, Watercolor on Paper Painting by Billy Al Bengston, 1972 A flamboyant character and a key figure in the Ferus Gallery circle in Los Angeles, Billy Al Bengston is associated with West Coast Pop and best known for spray painting dented sheets of square aluminum with lacquer. These highly finished pieces often featured car and motorcycle motifs, such as the chevron symbol placed at the center of his works, and many include Bengston’s signature sergeant’s stripes, or abstracted images of hearts. His interest in car culture would inspire Judy Chicago, a student of Bengston’s, to attend auto body school and eventually use spray paint techniques. Additional information: Medium: Watercolor on paper; Initialed and annotated in black ink Condition: Excellent Frame: Included Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in 31.8 × 31.8 cm About artist: Billy Al Bengston (June 7, 1934 – October 8, 2022), the quintessential LA “bad boy,” is best known for his Chevron paintings...
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20th Century Billy Al Bengston Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Signed, 1968, Billy Al Bengston Artwork
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A dramatic, lacquer-and-polyester-resin-on-aluminum, 1968 artwork from the Alamo series by important, West Coast American artist, Billy Al Bengston (b. 1934). The piece from an editi...
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1960s Billy Al Bengston Art

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Polyester, Lacquer

"Exposition Especial Seragraphique, Lithographique, Tapestray"
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston "Exposition Especial Seragraphique, Lithographique, Tapestray, Peintore en Suite, Uno-Types" Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971 Exh...
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1970s Contemporary Billy Al Bengston Art

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Offset

1969 Billy Al Bengston Aluminum Artwork
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lacquer-and-polyester-resin-on-aluminum artwork from the 1969 "Mesquite Western" series by important, West Coast artist, Billy Al Bengston (b. 1934). Authentication on reverse. B...
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1960s Billy Al Bengston Art

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Lacquer, Resin

Venice Watercolor
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Billy Al Bengston American (b. 1934) Venice Watercolor, 1975 Watercolor on paper 10 x 40 1/4 in. Initialed, inscribed and dated lower center: "B.A.B. / Venice 1975" Provenance: Bill...
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1970s Pop Art Billy Al Bengston Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Trail Beyond, Polyurethane & Lacquer on Aluminum Art by Billy Al Bengston, 1969
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in Orange, CA
Trail Beyond, Polyurethane & Lacquer on Aluminum Art by Billy Al Bengston, 1969 A flamboyant character and a key figure in the Ferus Gallery circle in Los Angeles, Billy Al Bengston is associated with West Coast Pop and best known for spray painting dented sheets of square aluminum with lacquer. These highly finished pieces often featured car and motorcycle motifs, such as the chevron symbol placed at the center of his works, and many include Bengston’s signature sergeant’s stripes, or abstracted images of hearts. His interest in car culture would inspire Judy Chicago, a student of Bengston’s, to attend auto body school and eventually use spray paint techniques. Additional information: Medium: Polyurethane and lacquer on dented aluminum Condition: Excellent Frame: Not included Dimensions: 34 × 35 in 86.4 × 88.9 cm About artist: Billy Al Bengston (June 7, 1934 – October 8, 2022), the quintessential LA “bad boy,” is best known for his Chevron paintings...
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20th Century Billy Al Bengston Art

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Lacquer, Polyurethane

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BILLY AL BENGSTON Untitled, from the In Barcelona Portfolio, 1988 Etching with aquatint on Rives BFK paper 22 × 30 inches Signed, dated and numbered 29/75 in graphite pencil on the front Published by: Poligrafia Obra Grafica SL, Barcelona, Spain Abstract etching with aquatint containing the silhouette of a dog and an airplane contrasted with a highly textured background, by renowned West Coast based American artist Billy Al Bengston. Published by Poligrafia Obra Grafica, SL in Barcelona, Spain Billy Al Bengston was memorialized in the New York Times as the artist who epitomized California Cool. Billy Al Bengston was born in 1934 in Dodge City, Kansas and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. He studied painting under Richard Diebenkorn at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In 1957, Bengston began showing with the Ferus Gallery (founded and run by Walter Hopps...
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If you clicked on this, you probably already know about the famous L.A. artist Billy Al Bengston. This flamboyant artist somehow combined motorcycle racing and art. His breakthrough ...
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This is a very well-known and derided art work by the well-known artist Billy Al Benston, signed B.A.B up middle, This is an edition of 20 in red, made in 1969. Enamel/paint metal.
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Billy Al Bengston , Puerto Vallarta watercolor signed, dated, panting on paper.
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