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Paul John Wonner

Paul John Wonner (1920 - 2008) was active/lived in California, Arizona.  Paul Wonner is known for Abstract and realist floral still life, interior scenes and figure paintings.

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Paul Wonner is best known for his Abstract Expressionist still life paintings.  Much of his work focuses on small objects, jars, pitchers, fruit, etc. or on specific figures that dominate the space.  He was interested in art as a youth and his parents hired a tutor to help him with his drawing during high school.

Wonner was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1920, and after his early art education set out for California in 1937. He settled in Oakland where he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts.  His art school experience provided Wonner with basic drawing and painting techniques.  He graduated from CCAC in 1941 and was soon drafted into the United States Army. During his service, stationed in San Antonio, Texas, he continued his pursuit of art and even set up a small local studio.

He was discharged in 1946 and immediately headed for New York City to continue his artistic career.  During the Abstract Expressionist movement in the 1940s Wo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6565 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Paul John Wonner

   Publications  Book References:  45
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Paul John Wonner
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Plein Air Magazine International Plein Air October 2004 Editor Yes
American Art Review The Not-So-Still Life February 2004 Moure, Nancy Yes
ARTnews Reviews November 1999 Editors Yes
45 Book References for Paul John Wonner
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Herskovic, Marika American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless 252 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 Landauer, Susan San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 240 Yes
2003 Landauer, Gerdts, Trenton & Wo The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
226 Yes
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1997 Burgard, Timothy Anglin Bay Area Art From Morgan Flagg Collection 47 Yes
1996 Sims, Lowery/Sabine Rewald Still Life The Object in American Art, 1915-1995
(Exhibition catalog)
175 Yes
1995 Nash, Steven A Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in Bay Area 216 Yes
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 Laguna Art Museum 75 Works, 75 Years Collecting the Art of California
(Exhibition catalog)
139 Yes
1991 John Berggruen Gallery Large Scale Works on Paper
(Exhibition catalog)
47 Yes
1990 Jones, Caroline Bay Area Figurative Art 1950-1965
(Exhibition catalog)
231 Yes
1989 Arthur, John Spirit of Place: Contemporary Landscape Painting 159 Yes
1989 Hopkins, Henry California Painters/New Work 143 Yes
1989 Ward, John L American Realist Painting 1945-1980 431 No
1988 Berggruen, John John Berggruen Gallery Works on Paper
(Exhibition catalog)
97 Yes
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Sydney, Clare Flower Painting 80 Yes
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1984 McDonald, Robert; Richard Vincent West Art of the States Works from a Santa Barbara Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1983 Cathcart, Linda L American Still Life 1945-1983
(Exhibition catalog)
144 Yes
1983 Monterey Peninsula Museum California Contemporary Recent Work of Twenty Three Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
63 No
1982 Berman, Greta/Jeffrey Wechsler Realism and Realities The Other Side of American Painting 1940-1960
(Exhibition catalog)
195 Yes
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration) Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California 128 Yes
1981 San Francisco Museum Mod Art Paul Wonner Abstract Realist
(Exhibition catalog)
72 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1974 Plagens, Peter Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast 200 Yes
1974 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
(Exhibition catalog)
136 No
1968 University of Oklahoma East Coast-West Coast Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
210 No
1962 Museum of Modern Art Recent Painting U S A / The Figur
(Exhibition catalog)
40 No
1962 Weller, Allen S/Lee Nordness Art U S A Now (2 volumes) 474 Yes
1958 Art Bank of the SFAA San Francisco Art Association Painting and Sculpture (in) 87 No
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