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Jacob Kainen

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Jacob Kainen (1909 - 2001) was active/lived in District Of Columbia, Connecticut.  Jacob Kainen is known for Printmaking, mod genre, various non objective.

The following obituary of the artist is from http://washingtonpost.com (March 19, 2001):

A Moving Life in Art

The art books of the future will have to be fairly thick before they get to Jacob Kainen, who may not have been this city's greatest painter. Still, Washington feels different, cast adrift, now that he is gone.

Kainen, in the studio, was subtle, serious, diligent and idiosyncratic, but art history is ruthless, and this may not be enough. Perhaps he knew too much.

The largeness of his mind may well have worked against him. His many ways of thinking made his pictures feel ambiguous, insufficiently clear-cut. His art was often muted by reconsiderations. His aesthetic innovations came a beat or two too late. Flash was not his thing.

His wife, Ruth, said he died of a heart attack in a matter of seconds yesterday morning as he was getting dressed to go to his studio. He was 91. Posterity is stingy. Only a few artists will be remembered as key figure   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10145 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Facts about Jacob Kainen

   Publications  Book References:  25
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Jacob Kainen
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews Reviews June 2001 Editors, Art News Yes
ARTnews Reviews April 1999 Editors, ARTnews No
ARTnews City Focus, Washington D.C. November 1997 Protzman, Ferdinand Yes
Art in America Sidestepping the Mainstram September 1994 Scott, Bill Yes
25 Book References for Jacob Kainen
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
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Passantino, Erika D (editor) The Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making 819 Yes
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Addison Gallery Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 512 Yes
1994 Berman, Avis/William C Agee Jacob Kainen
(Exhibition catalog)		 179 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 University of Michigan Museum The Federal Art Project American Prints from the 1930s in the collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 220 No
1984 Watrous, James American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980 334 Yes
1983 Adams, Clinton American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers 228 Yes
1980 Neuen Gesellschaft Bild. Kunst Amerika Traum und Depression 1920-1940
(Exhibition catalog)		 544 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1976 Baro, Gene 30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 O'Connor, Francis V (editor) Art for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project 317 No
1972 O'Connor, Francis V The New Deal Art Projects An Anthology of Memoirs 339 No
1939 Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus) Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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