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Birth
1926 (Zurich, Switzerland)
Death
Lived/Active
California / Switzerland
Often Known For
abstract painting, collages
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Jean Weinbaum was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1926. He currently lives in San Francisco.
Weinbaum creates collages by first painting on paper and using those papers as the medium to cut apart to create the elements of his larger "collaged" paintings. By controlling the vibrancy of the paint upon paper Weinbaum infuses light into the finished works, and by adding more paint to the edges of the geometric shapes they glow, vibrate and impact the whole of the work with greater importance.
Weinbaum also does sand paintings, in bright blue and rust red, and combines sand from California’s Pacific coast with paint that he applies to the canvas. Resulting are works of basic and primal shapes, like those washed up by the tide or made by human fingers. These sand paintings are contemporary with regard to design, modern in terms of this century.
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Himmelberger Gallery
Who's Who in American Art, 1973 |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Selected Bibliography:
Le Vitrail Français, Editions des Deux Mondes, 1958, Paris, chapter “Tendances modernes” by François Mathey, descriptions and reproduction p. 304 and fly leaf of volume.
L’Art Abstrait dans l’Art Sacré, Editions E. de Boccard, 1964, Paris, by Georges Mercier, description pp. 142, 143, 147, reproduction plate 21, fig. 31.
Stained Glass: An Architectural Art, Universe Books, Inc., 1965, New York, by Robert Sowers, reproduction p. 100.
“L’Oeil”, No. 43/44, July-Aug. 1958, Lausanne, “Du vitrail abstrait au mur de lumière”, by Georges Mercier, reproduction p. 24, description p. 26
“Space Design No. 34”, Sept. 1967, Tokyo, “Stained Glass Works by Jean Weinbaum”, by Shuji Takashina, pp. 102-105, reproduction pp. 104-105.
Submitted by Christine Rhone
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