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Frederic Taubes

Frederic K. Taubes (1900 - 1981) was active/lived in New York.  Frederic Taubes is known for Landscape, portrait, still life.

Perhaps known more by younger generations of artists for putting his name on a line of artists' canvas and supplies, Frederic Taubes pursued a multi-dimensional career as artist, writer on art and printmaker.

Born in 1900 in Lwow, Poland, where he studied art privately, Taubes fled with his family to Austria when World War I began, studying at the Imperial Museum and Academy of Art in Vienna. After the War, he studied one year at the Academy in Munich before involving himself in a one hundred eighty degree directional change in artistic philosophy by attending the avant-garde Bauhaus in Weimar in 1920.

Not surprisingly, the young artist fell under the Bauhaus spell, particularly the color theories of Johannes Itten, with whom he studied. While Itten would be a life-long influence, Taubes was also involved in Dada, Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism.

But after moving to New York City in 1930, it was surprising, given the modernist aspects of his artistic educatio   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2178 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Frederic Taubes

   Publications  Book References:  37
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37 Book References for Frederic Taubes
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 La Cour, Donna Ward Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc 196 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Kilgore, Karen American Paintings from the first half of the 20th century
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1981 San Diego Museum of Art Catalogue of American Painting 240 Yes
1981 Wooden, Howard E. (Text) The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1980 Taubes, Frederic Mastery of Alla Prima Painting 112 Yes
1975 Chambers, Bruce W American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue 127 Yes
1971 Taubes, Frederic Acrylic Painting for the Beginner 144 Yes
1970 Myers, Bernard S (editor) Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc) 511 Yes
1968 Taubes, Frederic Technique of Still Life Painting 142 Yes
1967 Taubes, Frederic The Technique of Portrait Painting 159 Yes
1966 Taubes, Frederic The Technique of Landscape Painting 175 Yes
1957 Taubes, Frederic Art/Technique/Portrait Painting 113 No
1955 Myers, Bernard Encyclopedia of Painting 511 Yes
1950 Watson, Ernest W Twenty Painters and How They Work 158 Yes
1948 Taubes, Frederic Painter's Question and Answer Book 227 No
1946 Gruskin, Alan D Painting in the U S A 223 Yes
1946 Pagano, Grace; Donald Bear (Intro) Contemporary American Painting 260 Yes
1945 Crane, Aimee Portrait of America 204 Yes
1940 Carnegie Institute Survey of American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1939 Art Institute of Chicago Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
110 No
1939 Boswell, Peyton Jr Modern American Painting 207 Yes
1939 Boswell, Peyton Jr (ed) Frederic Taubes An Appreciation of the Work of 51 No
1939 Watson, Forbes (essay) American Painting Today 179 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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