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Philip Perkins

Philip Perkins (1907 - 1970) was active/lived in Tennessee.  Philip Perkins is known for Abstraction-geometric, religious.

The following biography is provided by Dan Hardison.

From a small town in west Tennessee, Philip Perkins became an abstract painter widely acknowledged for his work. He is best known for his geometric, cubist influenced work of the forties. While most abstract art used flat unshaded color areas, Perkins shaded geometric forms through deepening colors to give the work more body and a sense of rhythm.

During the fifties, his work became more abstract expressionist in style with more spontaneous brush strokes and less distinct forms. It was during the fifties that he began a series of religious work in a semi-abstract style. By the late sixties, his paintings had become more hard edge abstract through the use of bold shapes and the heavy application of paint with the pallet knife.

Philip Perkins was born in 1907 in Waverly, Tennessee. He studied at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee from 1925 to 1926 and at the Chicago Art Institute from 1926 to 1931.
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Similar artists

.  There are 3 similar (related) artists for Philip Perkins available:    Carroll Cloar,  Sterling Strauser,  Werner Wildner



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Facts about Philip Perkins

   Publications  Book References:  4
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Philip Perkins
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Twentieth Century Painting in Tennessee August 2002 Walker, Celia Yes
4 Book References for Philip Perkins
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1948 Genauer, Emily Best of Art 182 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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