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David Park

David Park (1911 - 1960) was active/lived in California.  David Park is known for Bay Area figurative painting, murals.

The following biography is from Natalie Park Schutz, a daughter of David Park, who also credits her sister Helen Park Bigelow.

David Park's father was Charles Edwards Park, an esteemed Unitarian minister at the First Church in Boston (now called First and Second Church in Boston, and now Unitarian-Universalist) for all David's life.  It is in the Back Bay, where the family lived in a brick row house on Marlborough Street.  David had one older sister and two brothers, one older, and one 6 years younger, writer Edwards Park.  The family was close knit, with cousins on all sides.  Summers were spent at a house in the woods outside of Peterborough, New Hampshire.

David was determined from early childhood to become an artist.  Though his parents expected him to follow the family's New England tradition and achieve a proper education, he was an unhappy and reluctant student while at Loomis prep school, and didn't attend Yale as did his fathe   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 16338 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists David Park in 1 of its research Essays. David Park has 10 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for David Park available:    Paul John Wonner,  Nathan Joseph Roderick Oliveira,  James (Darrell Northrup) Weeks,  Elmer Nelson Bischoff,  Raimonds Staprans,  Roland Petersen,  Manuel Neri Jr,  Richard Diebenkorn,  Joan Brown,  William Theophilus Brown,  Wayne Thiebaud,  Roy Dean De Forest,  Robert Carston Arneson,  Robert Alan Bechtle,  Frank Lobdell,  Helen Lundeberg,  John McLaughlin,  Mel (Melvin John) Ramos,  Joan Mitchell,  Clyfford Still,  Hassel Smith,  Hans Hofmann,  Ed Ruscha,  Kenneth Noland



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Keywords and Quick Facts for David Park


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
Art Association
  • San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
  • Richard Diebenkorn
Art School
  • California School of Fine Arts, Teacher
  • Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Hallmark Cards, Inc.
  • Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • Mural Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
  • San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

The above Keywords are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. Sources include books, periodicals, auction records, family members, friends, and professional researchers. askART has derived Quick Facts as a brief overview; it is not a complete list rather it is a list that is most frequently cited.
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