Tom Blackwell (1938 - 2020)
1938-XX-XXChicago, USA2020-04-08USAUSA
Tom Blackwell
Thomas Leo Blackwell was an American hyperrealist of the original first generation of Photorealists, represented by Louis K. Meisel Gallery. He started out his career as an abstract-expressionist, but was moved to try his hand at the Pop art movement of the 1960s. It was with his Post-Pop paintings that Blackwell garnered early success. By the 1970s, Blackwell had abandoned his earlier Pop sensibilities and was painting in the newly emerging Photorealist style. His early large-scale paintings of motorcycles and engines, highlighted reflective chrome surfaces. His later works continued to build upon this series, and expanded to include a series of storefront windows scenes, which capture layered imagery reflecting from the glass. By 2012, Blackwell had produced 153 Photorealist works. Blackwell's paintings are in many prestigious museum collections.Date and place of birt: | 1938, Chicago, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 8 april 2020, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Cityscape, Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Self-portrait |
Art style: | Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Hyperrealism, Photorealism, Contemporary art |
Technique: | Gouache, Pencil, Oil, Oil on canvas, Screen printing |