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William WheelerMid Century Abstract Nude1963
1963
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Wonderful figurative abstract by William (Bill) Wheeler (American, b-1940). Unframed. Signed "Wheeler" and dated "3-21-63" lower right. Image size, 11.25"H x 8.25"W.
William Wheeler is a celebrated painter who has lived, painted and exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Are for over twenty years. Wheeler studied at Yale University with Joseph Albers and then at The San Francisco Art Institute with Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Olivera. He is a member of the "Sonoma Four" group of open air painters. A conservationist at heart, Wheeler is a man who knows and deeply respects the land.
Wheeler's paintings have been described by John FitzGibbon as "aiming at the cosmic, the transcendental... his spritzy, freewheeling brushwork, his lyrical colorism, his painterliness all add up to one self-definition: I am a free man and freedom is tied intrinsically to the lndscape."
Bill Wheeler
BORN
1940 Norwalk, Connecticut
EDUCATION
1962 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Studied with Sy Silliman, Peter Bailey, Bernard Chaet and Gabor Peterdi
1963 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Studied under Richard Diebenkorn, James Weeks, Julius Hatovsky, Nathan Olivera
and Donald Weygandt
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Favorite Places, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
1999 Town & Country, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, CA
1996 Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
The Masika Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
So Fo Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
King Heller Gallery, Freestone, CA
1992 Jessica Framer Gallery, Occidental, CA
1989 University Club, San Francisco
1988 Canesa Gallery, San Francisco
1965 Buzz Gallery, San Francisco
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Gallery Artists, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
2002 Northwest Plein Aire, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Play Ball!, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
2000 The California Landscape, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Intimate Interiors: Scenes from Private Life, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
1999 By-the-Sea, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
1998 Bits & Pieces, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Modern Romantics, George Krevsky Galley, San Francisco
Cross Country Tour, Century Club, New York, NY
1997 Offshore: Paintings of the Farallones, California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco
The Joys of Summer, George Krevsky Fine Art, San Francisco
1995 George Krevsky Fine Art, San Francisco
1993 Century Association, New York
1993 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa
1992 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Jessica Framer Gallery, Occidental, CA
1991 J. Noblett Gallery, Boyes Hot Springs, CA
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1990-95 Fence Show, Sebastopol, CA
COLLECTIONS
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut
Details
- CreatorWilliam Wheeler
- Creation Year1963
- DimensionsHeight: 16 in. (40.64 cm)Width: 12 in. (30.48 cm)Depth: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
- Medium
- Movement & Style
- Period
- ConditionSome slight normal age toning to paper. Older mat.
- Gallery LocationSoquel, CA
- Reference NumberSeller: j34931stDibs: LU5421707013
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