This artist created a late series of eccentric etchings called the "Clubs and Spades" drawings that explored the two shapes asheraldic symbols on homemade shields.
This artist created a late series of eccentric etchings called the "Clubs and Spades" drawings that explored the two shapes asheraldic symbols on homemade shields. A dialogue between this artist and critic Jan ButterÂeld was titled "Pentimenti," the term this artist used to describe his method of intentionally over-painting earlier, erased images on a canvas so they are stillvisible in the Âfinal version. A recent, major exhibition about this artist at the de Young Museum centered on his "BerkeleyYears," and he was part of an artistic school that included Elmer Bischo and David Park. Matisse's View of Notre-DameandFrench Window at Collioure inflfluenced his best-known series, which was done on huge, vertical canvases and was inspired byviews of the Santa Monica neighborhood where he set up his studio aftfter becoming a professor at UCLA. For 10 points, namethis member of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, who is best known for his series of Ocean Park paintings.
This artist created a late series of eccentric etchings called the "Clubs and Spades" drawings that explored the two shapes asheraldic symbols on homemade shields.
Richard Diebenkorn