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Birth
1904 (Convoy, Ohio)
Death
1981 (Denver, Colorado)
Lived/Active
Colorado/Kansas
Portrait of the Artist (1978)
Often Known For
abstraction, modernist-leaning landscape, mural painting
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| Born in Convoy, Ohio, November 1904 and died in Denver, Colorado, May 1981, (age 76); Vance Hall Kirkland painted the last 52 years of his 54-year career in Denver. Museums and the press have variously referred to him as the "Father of Modern Colorado Painting", "Dean of Colorado Artists" and "Colorado's pre-eminent artist." He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1928. He was the founding Director of the School of Art at the University of Denver (1929-32, 1946-69), and ran the (showing 500 of 10884 characters). |
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