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Ramstonev

Ramstonev (1937-1939) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Ramstonev is known for Modernist co-operative paintings.

In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and Louis Stone.  He persuaded them to join him teaching his New Hope summer classes in non-objective painting.  Soon, a history-making collaboration began.  In 1937, meeting in Evans' studio at the rear of Cryer's Hardware store on Main Street in New Hope, a decision was made to establish the Co-Operative Painting Project.  They were intrigued by the  cooperative ad-lib process by which  jazz musicians created their music.   Believing this to be the quintessential American contribution to music, they theorized that a similar result might be obtainable with art, a "visual jam session."  This particlarly fascinated Ramsey, who was a jazz buff and had a large collection of jazz records.

The objective was to  jointly collaborate  in the creation  of a  painting  as well as  applying  collective criticism  during its creation   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2379 characters.]  Artist bio

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