When did Tom Wesselmann become a pop artist?
Wesselmann enrolled at Cooper Union, where his attention gradually turned to fine art. He received his diploma in 1959, and was poised to become one of the leading Pop artists of the next decade. Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), Smoker, 1976. Lithograph in colours with embossing, on Arches paper. Sheet: 22 x 29⅞ in (559 x 759 mm).
How big is the still life of Tom Wesselmann?
Tom Wesselmann (b. 1931), Still Life #28, executed in March 1963. Acrylic and cardboard collage on board with working television. 48 x 60 in (122 x 151.4 cm). Sold for $798,000 on 13 November 2001 at Christie’s in New York.
Why was Tom Wesselmann interested in Willem de Kooning?
Wesselmann also found himself drawn to the work of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997). ‘He was what I wanted to be,’ he told Art News in 1964.
Why did Tom Wesselmann paint the Great American Dream?
Wesselmann had a dream about the phrase ‘red, white and blue’, and in 1961 decided to paint a ‘Great American Nude’ — with its echoes of the fabled Great American Dream and Great American Novel — featuring these and other patriotic colours, as well as motifs such as stars and stripes.
Wesselmann enrolled at Cooper Union, where his attention gradually turned to fine art. He received his diploma in 1959, and was poised to become one of the leading Pop artists of the next decade. Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), Smoker, 1976. Lithograph in colours with embossing, on Arches paper. Sheet: 22 x 29⅞ in (559 x 759 mm).
Wesselmann also found himself drawn to the work of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997). ‘He was what I wanted to be,’ he told Art News in 1964.
Wesselmann had a dream about the phrase ‘red, white and blue’, and in 1961 decided to paint a ‘Great American Nude’ — with its echoes of the fabled Great American Dream and Great American Novel — featuring these and other patriotic colours, as well as motifs such as stars and stripes.
Tom Wesselmann (b. 1931), Still Life #28, executed in March 1963. Acrylic and cardboard collage on board with working television. 48 x 60 in (122 x 151.4 cm). Sold for $798,000 on 13 November 2001 at Christie’s in New York.
