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James Strombotne

James S. Strombotne (Born 1934) is active/lives in California, South Dakota.  James Strombotne is known for Abstract figure and genre painting, printmaking.

James S. Strombotne is an American painter.  He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1956 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Claremont Graduate School in 1959.  He received a fellowship from Pomona College to study in Italy, and in 1962 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for further study in Rome.  The same year, a feature article about his work appeared in Time Magazine.

Strombotne notes some of his early influences as Jan Vermeer and Pablo Picasso, yet states his work transcends any traditional categorization.  Described as "visionary" and "poetic", Strombotne strives to master the medium portrayed in a truly contemporary composition. 

He has had many one-man shows and inclusion in numerous museum permanent collections.  Strombotne's first one-man show was at the Studio 44 gallery in San Francisco in 1956.     ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3483 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about James Strombotne

   Publications  Book References:  16
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for James Strombotne
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews National Art News September 1996 Editors, Art News Yes
16 Book References for James Strombotne
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
2011 Nelson, Harold (Editor) The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985 (Huntington Library Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
192 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
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
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1981 Ball, Maudette Southern California Artists 1940-1980
(Exhibition catalog)
66 Yes
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
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Schwartz, Barry The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change 192 Yes
1972 Amon Carter Museum Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972 600 No
1968 Tampa Bay Art Center 40 Now California Painters
(Exhibition catalog)
48 Yes
1962 Goodrich, Lloyd/Edward Bryant Forty Artists under Forty From the Whitney Museum of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
48 Yes
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