Artists from Ohio - Artists from Cincinnati, Ohio, Artists from Cleveland, Ohio, Winsor McCay, William Jacob Baer, Tom Wesselmann (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Artists from Cincinnati, Ohio, Artists from Cleveland, Ohio, Winsor McCay, William Jacob Baer, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Scott Duncanson, Values of Civilization, Steven Heller, Lilly Martin Spencer, Jim Flora, Robert Henri, Joseph Henry Sharp, Daniel Carter Beard, John Lefelhocz, Viktor Schreckengost, Peter Kuper, Charley Harper, Harley Warrick, Jim Dine, Frank Duveneck, Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, John Henry Twachtman, Tyler Turkle, Charles Henry Niehaus, Mary Louise McLaughlin, Garner Tullis, John Jude Palencar, George Ault, Diane Pfister, Tara Seibel, Tim Folzenlogen, Carey Orr, Frank Harmon Myers, Michelle Stitzlein, Jim Borgman, Daniel Greene, Len Peralta, Edward Charles Volkert, Mika Johnson, Amy Sarkisian, Edward Henry Potthast, Elizabeth Nourse, John Ellsworth Weis, Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth Wilcox, April Gornik, Robert Frederick Blum, John S. Conway, Joseph DeCamp, Nic Rad, De Scott Evans, Mendel Diness, Henry Mosler, Derek Hess, Frank J. Girardin, John Ruthven, William Holbrook Beard, Charles S. Kaelin, Kataro Shirayamadani, William H. Fry, Lewis Henry Meakin, R. Guy Cowan. Excerpt: Tom Wesselmann (February 23, 1931, Cincinnati - December 17, 2004) was an American pop artist who specialized in found art collages. From 1949 to 1951 he attended college in Ohio; first at Hiram College, and then transferred to major in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. He was drafted into the US Army in 1952, but spent his service years stateside. During that time he made his first cartoons, and became interested in pursuing a career in cartooning. After his discharge he completed his psychology degree in 1954, whereupon he began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He achieved some initial success when he sold his first cartoon strips to the magazines 1000 Jokes and True. Cooper Union accepted him in...