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Ben Messick

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Ben (Benjamin Newton) Messick (1891 - 1981) was active/lived in California, Missouri.  Ben Messick is known for Regionalist painting, lithographs, teaching.

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 The following is submitted by Jim Lafferty whose sources include the autobiography of the artist:

William Washington Messick married Sarah A. Bristow January 2,1889 and from this marriage a son, Benjamin Newton Messick was born on January 9, 1891 on a farm near Strafford, Missouri.  His art talent was apparent from the time he was a child and later recognized by his commanding officer in World War I.

Little is recorded in his autobiography about Messick's life from his teen years and service during the War.  He enrolled at Chouinard Institute in the Fall of 1925, and was given a three-year scholarship by Mrs. Chouinard.  In 1925 he won a cash award at the Los Angeles County Fair for a group of pen and charcoal drawings done in the parks and streets of Los Angeles.  These works give the appearance of being spontaneous and fluid.

In 1930 Messick left Chouinard as a full-time student and rented an apartment on West Eighth   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6052 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ben Messick

   Publications  Book References:  27
Magazine References:  0

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27 Book References for Ben Messick
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
2013 McClelland, Gordon T. and McClelland, Austin D. California Scene Paintings 215 Yes
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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 California Heritage Museum Everyday Life in California, Regional Watercolors, 1930-1960
(Exhibition catalog)		 56 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 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
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1993 Lafferty, James Ben Messick 96 Yes
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1991 Moure, Nancy D.W. Scenes of California Light, 1930-1950 (Todd Madigan Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)		 70 Yes
1991 Todd Madigan Gallery Scenes of California Life 1930-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 69 Yes
1991 Westphal, Ruth; Janet B Dominik American Scene Painting, California 1930s and 1940s 240 Yes
1989 Downey Museum of Art Views of Los Angeles in the 1930's and 1940's 22 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1988 Anderson, Susan Regionalism: The California View Watercolors 1929-1945 88 Yes
1987 Johnson, Deborah J Whistler to Weidenaar American Prints 1870-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 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
1985 Perine, Robert Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute 260 Yes
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1980 Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 No
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
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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