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John Fabian Carlson

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John Fabian Carlson (1874/75 - 1945) was active/lived in New York, Colorado / Sweden.  John Carlson is known for Landscape and snowscape painting, teaching.

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 Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century.  He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester.  He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature.

He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age 10 with his family to Brooklyn, New York and later to Buffalo.  His father, encouraging his son's art talent, hired a private tutor, and he later attended the Buffalo Albright Art School* where his teacher was Lucius Hitchcock.  In 1902, he enrolled on a scholarship at the Art Students League* in New York City, and his teachers were Frank Vincent DuMond and Birge Harrison.  He and Harrison became very close friends, and Carlson joined his teacher at Woodstock but   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10351 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John Fabian Carlson

   Publications  Book References:  58
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Fabian Carlson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Auction American Heritage March 2003 Berman, Ann E. Yes
American Art Review The Woodstock Art Colony October 1999 Sturges, Hollister III Yes
American Art Review A Survey of the North Shore August 1997 Tysver, Ted Yes
58 Book References for John Fabian Carlson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Cleveland, David Adams A History of American Tonalism 592 Yes
2010 Terry Wallace Helen M. Kroeger & Otto J. Kurth The Anchorage Studio and Peconic Bay Impressionism 130 Yes
2009 Katlan, Alexander W. Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951 623 No
2006 Smith, Anita M Woodstock History and Hearsay (Second Edition) 335 Yes
2006 Wallace, Terry Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists 188 Yes
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 Alterman, Jim Blue Chips 128 Yes
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2004 Vose, Marcia (editor) Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline 38 Yes
2003 Vose, Marcia Latimore (Editor) Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI 36 Yes
2000 Alterman, James The Carlson's: The Paintings of Mr. and Mrs. John Fabian Carlson 90 Yes
2000 Troccoli, Joan Carpenter Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection 218 Yes
1999 Cuba, Stanley John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy 104 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Love, Richard H Carl W Peters: American Scene Painter from Rochester 927 Yes
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1997 Vose Galleries Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two 35 Yes
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1991 Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor) American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 79 Yes
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
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1990 Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University
(Exhibition catalog)		 196 Yes
1989 Colorado Springs Art Center Pikes Peak Vision The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 196 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 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
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1988 Marling, Karal Ann Looking Back A Perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 55 Yes
1988 Preato, Robert R.; Dr. Sandra L. Langer Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 104 Yes
1987 Woodstock Art Association Woodstock's Art Heritage Permanent Collection Woodstock A A 176 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Foxley, William Frontier Spirit: William Foxley Collection Museum of Western Art 200 Yes
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1979 Strickler, Susan (Catalogue); William Hutton (Editor) The Toledo Museum of Art American Paintings 227 Yes
1977 Marling, Karal Ann Woodstock, An American Art Colony 1902-1977
(Exhibition catalog)		 220 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1972 Forster, Peggy; Julie Snow Birkhimer; Mae Huntington Permanent Collection Catalog Springville Museum of Art 75 Yes
1971 Shalkop, Robert L A Show of Color 100 Years of Painting/Pike's Peak Region
(Exhibition catalog)		 94 No
1965 Barrie, Erwin S (editor) Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1965 Year Book
(Exhibition catalog)		 73 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1953 Carlson, John F Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting 144 Yes
1940 Hall, W. S. Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists 150 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1925 National Academy of Design Commemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 No
1921 Bryant, Lorinda Munson American Pictures & their Painters 307 No
1916 The Nebraska Art Association: Catalogue 22nd Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 15 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1914 Editors, Grand Rapids Art Association Catalogue of the Twenty-Sixth Exhibition - Paintings by American Artists The Michigan State Federation of Art 2 Yes
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