John Stephan

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John Walter Stephan
John stephan circle number 5 1982.jpg
Circle number #5 by John Stephan
Born(1906-12-29)December 29, 1906
Chicago
DiedJuly 1, 1995(1995-07-01) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materArt Institute of Chicago
Known forOil painting, Mural
MovementAbstract Expressionism
Spouse(s)Ruth Walgreen Stephan Dart

John Walter Stephan (1906–1995) was an American painter in the Hard-edge style.[1] His magazine The Tigers Eye was widely read and is considered a lastingly influential magazine of art and literature.[2] He was a contemporary and friends with such notable artists as Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and William Baziotes

Early life[]

John Stephan was born in Maywood, Illinois to a father who was a dentist and a mother who was a nurse, and his family moved to Chicago in 1917 he attended the University of Illinois and later the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Career[]

After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an Art Instructor at Jane Addams Hull House, in Chicago and later was a Draftsman, at Western Electric in Chicago. His first solo exhibition was in 1931 with many other solo and group exhibitions of note.

Personal life[]

He was married to Ruth Walgreen, than Ruth Stephan, who was the daughter of Walgreens founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen.

Notable exhibitions[]

Notable collections[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tate Glossary, Hard-edge painting". Tate Glossary. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Yale bulletin, The Tigers Eye". Yale University. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

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