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Lee Mullican

Lee Mullican (1919 - 1998) was active/lived in California, Oklahoma.  Lee Mullican is known for Non objective and figurative abstract imagery-luminous.

Reared in the Midwestern suburb of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Lee Mullican was born on December 2, 1919 to Harris Nichols Mullican (1884-1972) and Zula Jolley Mullican (1887-1974).  Introduced to art by his mother, an amateur painter, Mullican's first attempt at painting came with the aid of her art supplies at the age of 15.  Satisfying the wishes of his father, he initially enrolled at Abilene Christian College for two years before transferring to the University of Oklahoma for a year.  Here he established his first off-campus studio -- followed by a brief enrollment at Kansas City Art Institute.

After being drafted into the US Army corps of engineers in 1941, he attended topographic school in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia before being stationed in Hawaii and eventually Japan.  With an abundance of available drawing supplies, access to internationally renowned museums, and the influence of art publications such as Wolfgang Paalen's Dyn, Mullican use   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3612 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Lee Mullican


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Non Objective Subject
Art School
  • Kansas City Art Institute, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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