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Ben Schonzeit

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Ben (Benjamin) Schonzeit (Born 1942) is active/lives in New York.  Ben Schonzeit is known for Photoreal image painting, murals.

The following information is "Ben Schonzeit" by Heather L. Schreckengast, New York City, 2006:

Ego — "that's what being an artist is all about," says New York native Ben Schonzeit, with a bit of self-deprecating candor. "Everyone experiences the same things; artists just have to order it, give it a form to express it."

?As with his paintings, Schonzeit definitely has his own way of saying things. Looking at one of his larger-than-life works, it becomes clear that Schonzeit's passion for doing what he does best comes from a desire to communicate an experience — in any shape, form, color or size he deems necessary.

?Though Schonzeit considered becoming an architect, a movie producer/director and other creative professions, the Brooklyn-born artist went with what came naturally.

?As a child, he was, by his own admission, "a bit unusual" — in a good way, that is. "I actually used to get a lot of compliments. People noticed that I did something that other people   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4464 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Facts about Ben Schonzeit

   Publications  Book References:  31
Magazine References:  2

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ben Schonzeit
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Report from Strasbourg: Reality Sho March 2004 Belasco, Daniel Yes
Southwest Art Art Events May 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
31 Book References for Ben Schonzeit
Year Author Title Pages Color
2013 Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism in the Digital Age: 320 Yes
2009 Taylor, John Russell Exactitude: Hyperrealist Art Today 360 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1994 Arthur, John (Curator and Essayist) American Realism-Figurative Painting Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Meisel, Louis K Photorealism Since 1980 368 Yes
1989 Maass, R. Andrew (Foreward); Valerie Ann Leeds (Intro) At the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes Tampa Museum of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 140 Yes
1989 Ward, John L American Realist Painting 1945-1980 431 No
1987 Crane, Diana Transformation of the Avant-Garde The New York Art World 1940-1985 194 No
1986 Finch, Christopher American Watercolors 312 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1984 Broder, Patricia Janis The American West The Modern Vision 345 Yes
1984 Severinghaus, J Walter Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection 333 Yes
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Ritchie, Margaret Denver Art Museum Major Works in the Collection 304 Yes
1980 Arthur, John Realist Drawings & Watercolors Contemporary American Works on Papers 144 Yes
1980 Arthur, John Realism/Photorealism
(Exhibition catalog)		 123 Yes
1980 Ballinger, James K Visitors to Arizona 1846-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 206 Yes
1980 Editors New Realism Revisited Brainerd Hall Art Gallery, SUNY Potsdam
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 No
1980 Lindey, Christine Superrealist Painting and Sculpture 160 Yes
1979 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro) Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
(Exhibition catalog)		 298 Yes
1977 Cloudman, Ruth H The Chosen Object European and American Still Life
(Exhibition catalog)		 66 No
1977 Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 Yes
1977 Societe des Expositions American Art in Belgium
(Exhibition catalog)		 175 Yes
1976 Block, Rene SoHo, New York Downtown Mahhattan/Berliner Festwochen
(Exhibition catalog)		 431 No
1975 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Super Realism: A Critical Anthology 322 Yes
1974 Geske, Norman Things Seen 115 Yes
1974 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
(Exhibition catalog)		 136 No
1973 Chase, Linda Les Hyperrrealists Americains 76 Yes
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