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Tom Wesselmann

Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) was active/lived in New York, Ohio.  Tom Wesselmann is known for Painting-pop nude figure, mod real images, collage.

Known for his Pop-Art* nude figures--the Great American Nude Series--as well as collages, often with food themes, Tom Wesselmann is a Cincinnati born artist who studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and at Cooper Union* in New York City in the late 1950s.

When he was a student at Cooper Union, he was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism*, especially painters Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock.  However, he turned away from that style because he determined these artists had become so introspective that there was little room for creative exploration by others.

His reaction took him to Pop Art, the other extreme of action painting to a tightly controlled style and subject matter that was mundane--the antithesis of psychological complexities.  Joining a rebellion against the New York School* of Abstract Expressionists that which had become the establishment, he, like Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud, asserted that everyday objects had s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 18057 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

.  askART lists Tom Wesselmann in 2 of its research Essays. Tom Wesselmann has 32 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Tom Wesselmann available:    Roy Lichtenstein,  Jim Dine,  Robert E Indiana,  Sam Lewis Francis,  Andy Warhol,  Alex Katz,  Robert Rauschenberg,  Frank Stella,  Helen Frankenthaler,  Keith Haring,  Robert Burns Motherwell,  Larry Rivers,  David Hockney,  Alexander (Sandy) Calder,  James Rosenquist,  Josef Albers,  Claes Thure Oldenburg,  Christo & Jean Claude,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Ed Ruscha,  Wayne Thiebaud,  Sol LeWitt,  Willem de Kooning,  Damien Hirst



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Facts about Tom Wesselmann

   Publications  Book References:  133
Magazine References:  24

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24 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Tom Wesselmann
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Pop's High Modernist December 2006 Kalina, Richard Yes
ARTnews Reviews July 2006 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTFORUM Summer Preview 2005 May 2005 ArtForum Editors Yes
ARTFORUM His Girl Friday April 2005 Rosenblum, Robert Yes
Art in America Artworld February 2005 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTFORUM Pop Since 1949 October 2004 Alloway, L & Whiteley, N (intr Yes
ARTFORUM Post Human: Robert Rosenblum on Bod October 2004 Rosenblum, Robert Yes
ARTnews ARTtalk May 2004 Editors, ARTnews No
Art in America Front Page April 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Auction auction reviews December 2003 Tully, Judd Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions November 2003 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Auction trading aces November 2003 Tully, Judd Yes
Art & Auction Second Coming June 2003 Tully, Judd Yes
Art & Auction Principals of Design; Geoffrey Brad May 2003 Mason, Brook S Yes
Art-Talk New York? New York! November 2002 Bass, Ruth No
Art in America Front Page January 2002 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art & Antiques Contemporary Art Sanctuary January 2001 Lewis, Janie Yes
Art & Auction Previews September 1998 Editors Yes
ARTnews Ripe for Rediscovery November 1996 Landi, Ann Yes
ARTnews National Art News October 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews Wayward Passions August 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews Going Hollywood May 1995 Hogrefe, Jeffrey No
ARTnews kiss & tell February 1995 Landi, Ann Yes
American Artist Giving Alkyds a Chance July 1994 Weingrod, Carmi Yes
133 Book References for Tom Wesselmann
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
2005 Sasse, Julie Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries 154 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2002 Shea, Patricia (Editor) Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection 124 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Madoff, Steven Henry (editor) Pop Art A Critical History 420 Yes
1997 Whiting, Cecile A Taste for Pop Pop Art, Gender and Consumer Culture 304 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1995 Fineberg, Jonathan Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being 496 Yes
1995 Hansen, Trudy (others) Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990 248 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Altshuler, Bruce The Avant-Garde in Exhibition New Art in the 20th Century
(Exhibition catalog)
288 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 Rubin, David S Old Glory The American Flag in Contemporary Art
(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 Pavese, Edith American Highlights/Estados Unidos U S History in Notable Works of Art 160 Yes
1993 Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection 414 Yes
1992 Gotz, Stephan American Artists In Their New York Studios 175 Yes
1992 Rupp, James M. Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide 320 No
1992 Seitz, William C Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970 250 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Murken, Axel/Christa Murken Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts 358 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro) American Painting 319 Yes
1990 Livingstone, Marco Pop Art A Continuing History 271 Yes
1989 Lynton, Norbert The Story of Modern Art 400 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 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1988 Sandler, Irving American Art of the 1960s 412 Yes
1987 Belz, Carl;Beth Goldberg Postwar Paintings from Brandeis University From Brandeis University (Rose Art Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)
40 Yes
1987 Crane, Diana Transformation of the Avant-Garde The New York Art World 1940-1985 194 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1987 Levin, Gail Twentieth Century American Painting Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection 407 Yes
1987 Stich, Sidra Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
(Exhibition catalog)
280 Yes
1986 Delehanty, Suzanne The Window in Twentieth Century A
(Exhibition catalog)
105 Yes
1986 Finch, Christopher American Watercolors 312 Yes
1986 Hunter, Sam An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
(Exhibition catalog)
269 Yes
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 Plante, Michael; Christopher Campbell, Megan Fox, et all Definitive Statements: American Art 1964-66 Brown University Department of Art
(Exhibition catalog)
181 No
1986 Rose Art Museum Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings 147 Yes
1986 Stein, Harvey Artists Observed 160 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 Bromberg, Anne R Dallas Museum of Art Selected Works 219 Yes
1984 Cummings, Paul Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context
(Exhibition catalog)
144 No
1984 DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How 320 No
1984 Haskell, Barbara Blam, the Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
1984 Lucie-Smith, Edward Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition 288 Yes
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1984 Watrous, James American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980 334 Yes
1983 Cathcart, Linda L American Still Life 1945-1983
(Exhibition catalog)
144 Yes
1983 Kaplan, Ellen Prints A Collector's Guide 253 No
1983 Museum of Contemporary Art The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections
(Exhibition catalog)
293 Yes
1983 Smith Kramer Art Connections American Works on Paper 100 Years of American Art History
(Exhibition catalog)
113 Yes
1982 Contemporary Arts Museum The Americans/The Collage
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1982 Johnson, Ellen H (editor) American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980 274 No
1981 Armstrong, Tom Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980
(Exhibition catalog)
301 Yes
1981 Danoff, Michael/C K Carr The Image in American Painting and Sculpture 1950-1980
(Exhibition catalog)
102 Yes
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Ritchie, Margaret Denver Art Museum Major Works in the Collection 304 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Castleman, Riva Printed Art: A View of Two Decades 144 Yes
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)
115 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Brown, Milton W (others) American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts 616 Yes
1979 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro) Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
(Exhibition catalog)
298 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1978 Adams, Hugh Art of the Sixties 80 Yes
1978 Hennessey, William J Artists Look at Art
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1978 Lipman, Jean/Richard Marshall Art About Art 176 Yes
1978 Spencer Museum of Art Spencer Museum of Art Handbook of the Collection 168 Yes
1977 Bard, Joellan Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Cloudman, Ruth H The Chosen Object European and American Still Life
(Exhibition catalog)
66 No
1977 Societe des Expositions American Art in Belgium
(Exhibition catalog)
175 Yes
1976 Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay) Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
270 Yes
1976 Cummings, Paul American Drawings The 20th Century 207 No
1976 Glubok, Shirley The Art of America Since World War II 48 No
1976 Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776 208 Yes
1976 Taylor, Joshua C America as Art 320 Yes
1975 Alloway, Lawrence Topics in American Art Since 1945 283 No
1975 Cone, Michele The Roots and Routes of Art in the 20th Century 252 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1975 Legg, Alicia American Art Since 1945 From the Collection of MOMA 84 Yes
1975 Wolfram, Eddie History of Collage An Anthology of Collage, Assemblage & Event Sructures 192 Yes
1974 Alloway, Lawrence American Pop Art
(Exhibition catalog)
146 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Gerdts, William H The Great American Nude A History in Art 224 Yes
1974 Gidley, Mick Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections 58 No
1974 Lieberman, Herbert (ed) Artists/USA 1974-75: Guide to Contemporary American Art 190 No
1973 Johnson, Charlotte Buel Contemporary Art Exploring It's Roots and Development 96 Yes
1973 McClanathan, Richard Art in America A Brief History 216 Yes
1973 Solomon, Elke M American Drawings 1963-1973
(Exhibition catalog)
62 No
1973 University of Kansas Museum American Drawings and Watercolors 80 No
1973 Van Der Marck, Jan American Art Third Quarter Century
(Exhibition catalog)
138 Yes
1972 Barr, Alfred/ W Rubin Three Generations of 20th Century Art Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, MOMA 231 Yes
1972 Hunter, Sam American Art of the 20th Century 487 Yes
1972 Kahmen, Volker Eroticism in Contemporary Art 282 Yes
1971 Bell, David Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes) 2139 Yes
1971 Calas, Nicolas and Elena Icons and Images of the Sixties 347 No
1971 Gerdts, William; Russell Burke American Still Life Painting 264 Yes
1970 Blumenthal, Arthur Inaugural Exhibition 19th & 20th Cen Art from Collections of Alumni
(Exhibition catalog)
144 No
1970 Boston University American Artists of the 1960's School of Fine Arts, Centenial Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1970 Hope, Henry Radford (Essay) The American Scene 1900-1970 An Exhibition of twentieth century painting
(Exhibition catalog)
119 No
1970 Time-Life Books, Editors American Painting 1900-1970 192 Yes
1969 Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna New-Dada e Pop Art Newyorkesi Introducioni e Catalogo
(Exhibition catalog)
160 Yes
1969 Hopkins, Henry (Preface); Peter Plagens, Essay Drawings: Exhibition of Contemporary American Drawings Fort Worth Art Center Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
84 No
1969 Russell, John/Suzi Gablik Pop Art Redefined
(Exhibition catalog)
240 Yes
1968 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Minimal Art A Critical Anthology 448 No
1968 Calas, Nicolas Art in the Age of Risk and Other Essays 238 No
1968 Norman, Jane & Theodore Traveler's Guide to American Art 436 No
1968 University of Oklahoma East Coast-West Coast Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
1968 Weller, Allen S The Joys and Sorrows of Recent American Art 185 No
1967 Artist in America, Editors The Artist in America 256 Yes
1967 Hirsch, Richard Sources for Tomorrow: 50 American Paintings 1946-1966 James Michener Collection of Allentown Art Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
1967 Janis, Harriet/Rudi Blesh Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques 342 No
1967 Mulas, Ugo/Alan Solomon New York/The New York Art Scene 341 No
1967 Solomon, Alan American Painting Now (Montreal Expo/U S Artists) 24 Yes
1966 Hunter, Sam (chapter on US) New Art Around the World 510 Yes
1966 Lippard, Lucy R Pop Art 216 Yes
1966 Pellegrini, Aldo New Tendencies in Art 320 Yes
1965 Amaya, Mario Pop Art . . . And After 148 Yes
1965 Goodrich, Lloyd Young America 1965 Thirty American Artists Under 35
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1965 Rublowsky, John Pop Art 210 Yes
1963 Brandeis University New Directions in American Painting: A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
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