Art George Schneeman painting on concrete vintage 1977 red flannel portrait rare
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George Schneeman painting on concrete (died 2009) The art was shown Contemporay art center ohio Signed and dated 1977 Size 12x14x1 Condition good shape Artist's Statement George Schneeman was born on March 11, 1934 in St. Paul, Minnesota . He received a B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature from St Mary’s College, Winona, Minnesota , and then began graduate work in English Literature at the University of Minnesota . ( George Schneeman , Cue Art Foundation, 2003) He then enlisted in the army. Having shown an aptitude for languages, he was posted to Verona , Italy.The following excerpt is from an autobiographical statement Schneeman wrote in 2007 on the occasion of an exhibition at the Instituto Italiano di Cultura : I began painting, oddly enough, while on active duty in the U.S. Army ,in Verona, Italy, 1958. Shortly thereafter I married [Katie Schneeman], was discharged from the service, and moved with my wife to rural Tuscany, where I remained for seven years, painting landscapes and figures. My attitudes toward painting were markedly shaped by early renaissance art, an influence that has never left me. In Italy I eked out a living giving English lessons and teaching Italian and Art History to American colleges groups in Siena . With three children of our own, my wife and I, living in a farmhouse with neither electricity
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