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Ronald Wells Bladen

Ronald Wells Bladen (1918 - 1988) was active/lived in British Columbia, New York, California.  Ronald Bladen is known for Large-scale minimalist sculpture, teaching.

Ronald Bladen (1918- 1988) was an American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Painting, and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith.

Bladen in turn had stimulating effect on a circle of younger artists including Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and others, who repeatedly referred to him as one of the ‘father figures’ of Minimal Art.

Charles Ronald Wells Bladen was born on July 13, 1918, to Muriel Beatrice Tylecote and Kenneth Bladen, both British immigrants living in Vancouver, Canada. His mother studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and was active as part of the suffragette movement. In 1922 the family moved to the Washington state before returning to Canada to live in Victoria British Columbia in 1932. The artist displayed his love of and capacity for art at a young age. At ten years old Bladen began drawing intensively, making copies of w   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12465 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  41
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ronald Wells Bladen
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews Underrated/Overrated January 2005 Sheets, Hilarie M Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions October 1999 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Ripe for Rediscovery November 1996 Landi, Ann Yes
Art in America Bay Area Bravura September 1996 Duncan, Michael Yes
41 Book References for Ronald Wells Bladen
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Kennedy, Garry Neill The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978 455 Yes
2009 Chilvers, Ian and John Glaves-Smith Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art 776 No
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
2005 Wigmore, Donnalu and John Parry Isaacs Seen: 50 Years on the Art Front, a Gallery Scrapbook 168 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Landauer, Susan The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
(Exhibition catalog)
271 Yes
1995 Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day 960 Yes
1994 Altshuler, Bruce The Avant-Garde in Exhibition New Art in the 20th Century
(Exhibition catalog)
288 Yes
1992 Rupp, James M. Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide 320 No
1992 Seitz, William C Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970 250 Yes
1991 Berkson, Bill Ronald Bladen Early and Late
(Exhibition catalog)
38 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Baker, Kenneth Minimalism Art of Circumstance 144 Yes
1988 Sandler, Irving American Art of the 1960s 412 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1987 Sandler, Irving The Empire State Collection Art for the Public 214 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Ashton, Dore American Art Since 1945 224 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Institute of Contemporary Art Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience 64 Yes
1980 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art in the Seventies 128 Yes
1978 Sandler, Irving The New York School The Painters & Sculptors of the Fifties 366 Yes
1977 Bard, Joellan Tenth Street Days The Co-Ops of the 50's
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
336 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976 432 Yes
1974 Busch, Julia A Decade of Sculpture The 1960s 236 Yes
1972 Kahmen, Volker Eroticism in Contemporary Art 282 Yes
1971 Calas, Nicolas and Elena Icons and Images of the Sixties 347 No
1968 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Minimal Art A Critical Anthology 448 No
1968 Cameron, Dorothy, and Don Wallace Sculpture 67 (National Gallery of Canada)
(Exhibition catalog)
115 No
1967 Artist in America, Editors The Artist in America 256 Yes
1967 Ashton, Dore Modern American Sculpture 130 Yes
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