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Lenard Kester

Lenard Kester (1917 - 1997) was active/lived in California, New York.  Lenard Kester is known for Mod townscape, genre and marine painting, studio artist.

“Lenard Kester is one of the Southland’s outstanding artists. He works not only in oil but also in watercolor and other mediums. His paintings are a happy combination of the modern technique and understandable art. One feels the message he tries to portray in his painting. He is a national exhibitor of note and has won innumerable awards, not only here in Laguna Beach but throughout the United States. His painting ‘The Wedding’ was a prize winner in this years All California Show at the Festival of Arts. His work is on permanent exhibit at the Cowie Galleries in the Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles, and he has a yearly one man show there.” (from August 1959 LBAA cat.) “Lenard Kester paints meaningful subjects, carefully designed and defined within the framework of his own memories. These memories, of impressionistic poetic things seen recently or long ago, are memorable to the viewer as they reflect a representationalism alive with color, rhythm, and poetic images. He is an expert craftsma   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2802 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Lenard Kester

   Publications  Book References:  16
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16 Book References for Lenard Kester
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Publications in California Art No. 11 Index to California Art Exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1972 0 No
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 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
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 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1979 Brooklyn Museum American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works 133 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1972 Phoenix Art Museum Today's Artist and the West By Members of the National Academy
(Exhibition catalog)
28 No
1962 Schaad, Bentley The Realm of Contemporary Still Life Painting 126 Yes
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