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Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

American, b. 1947
Billy Schenck has been known internationally for 44 years as one of the originators of the contemporary 'Pop' western art movement. He is an American painter who incorporates techniques from Photo-Realism with a Pop Art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck has had over 100 solo shows. His work is in the permanent collections of 48 museums and important private and corporate collections. Museum collections include the Smithsonian, Mesa Southwest Museum, The Tucson Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX, Albuquerque Fine Arts Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Private collections include the estate of Malcolm Forbes, Steve Forbes, Chris Evert, Elaine Horwitch, Louis Meisel, Martina Navratilova, Laurance Rockefeller, Fritz Scholder and Sylvester Stallone. Corporate collections include: American Airlines, I.B.M., Raymond James Financial, Wells Fargo Bank, Hilton Hotels, Sturm Ruger and The National Bank of Switzerland. “What has remained constant throughout Schenck’s career is his individuality in dealing with the subject matter of the west. Using the artistic formula of classic western film direction and the photographically reliant systems of contemporary art, he has bridged two genres that resonate with the American experience. From early depictions of cinematic cowboys to real-life cowboys and cowgirls to poetic reveries about the Native American existence in the Southwest, Schenck melds the real with the imagined, autobiography with fantasy.” -Julie Sasse, Chief Curator and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Art.
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Artist: Billy Schenck
Across the Mancos Canyon
By Billy Schenck
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck is known for utilizing cinematic imagery reproduced in a flattened, reductivist style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. In the August 2014 issue of SouthwestArt magazine, his work was described as “a stance … a pendulum between the romantic and the irreverent.” Schenck’s artwork is now in 48 museum collections, including Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Booth Western Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, the Mesa Southwest Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX...
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2010s Pop Art Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gunslinger_ Billy Schenck_Oil/Canvas_ Portrait/Text/Pop Western
By Billy Schenck
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
BILLY SCHENCK "Gunslinger" Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 in. 25.5 x 25.5 in. framed Billy Schenck utilizes specific frames of reference in his oil on canvas depictions of the American West...
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2010s Contemporary Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gratuitous Violence_Billy Schenck_Oil/Canvas_ Figurative/Text/Pop Western
By Billy Schenck
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
BILLY SCHENCK "Gratuitous Violence" Oil on Canvas 37.5 x 37.5 in. framed Billy Schenck utilizes specific frames of reference in his oil on canvas depictions of the American West, e...
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2010s Contemporary Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Study for the Wrong Side of Paradise
By Billy Schenck
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck is known for utilizing cinematic imagery reproduced in a flattened, reductivist style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. In the August 2014 issue of SouthwestArt magazine, his work was described as “a stance … a pendulum between the romantic and the irreverent.” Schenck’s artwork is now in 48 museum collections, including Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Booth Western Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, the Mesa Southwest Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX...
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2010s Pop Art Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Distant Drums
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Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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2010s Contemporary Billy Schenck Figurative Paintings

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Distant Drums
Distant Drums
H 41.75 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
Phaedra Buys the Window Rock Ranch
By Billy Schenck
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BILLY SCHENCK Phaedra Buys the Window Rock Ranch Oil on Canvas 41 3/4 inches x 51 3/4 inches Framed Galloping horses, blood orange sunsets, dusty cowboys - you can almost feel the r...
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The Woman Who Shot Liberty Valance, Cowgirl in White Clouds
By Billy Schenck
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Billy Schenck The Woman Who Shot Liberty Valance Oil on Canvas 36 3/4 x 46 1/2 inches FRAMED, clean white frame One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck is known for utilizing cinematic imagery reproduced in a flattened, reductive style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. Schenck’s artwork is now in 48 museum collections, including Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, Autry Museum of the American West, Booth Western Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, the Mesa Southwest Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX, Albuquerque Fine Arts Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Private collections include the estate of Malcolm Forbes, Laurance Rockefeller, the estate of Fritz Scholder, and Sylvester Stallone. Corporate collections include American Airlines, IBM and Sony. A genuine cowboy himself, Schenck is a ranch-sorting world champion and the proprietor of the Double Standard Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, his home for the past two decades. "47 years ago I left the Kansas City Art Institute with a B.F.A. in Painting. One week later I was in New York City to begin the launch of my career as an artist. I had no clue as to what that meant specifically - It was, however, the right move. I began making paintings based on black and white movie stills...
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