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Ken Gore

Ken Gore (1911 - 1990) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Illinois.  Ken Gore is known for Landscape, snow landscape, shore and marine painting.

The following information was submitted in April of 2006 by Robert Savage, a private collector of his work:Ken ( Kenneth Leon) Gore was born in 1911 in Illinois. He studied at the Meinzinger Art School in Detroit.  He was an important member of the Rockport/Gloucester art colony in Massachusetts, as well as the Brown County art colony in Indiana. 

He moved to Gloucester in the 1950's, and ultimately became the President of the prestigious North Shore Art Association there.  He was a teacher and participated in many art workshops in the Cape Ann area.  He was also a member of the Rockport Art Association. 

He was best know for his shore and landscape scenes done in the Cape Ann area.  His unique technique often involved a heavy impasto with the paint applied with a palette knife, giving his paintings almost a 3 dimensional quality.  He died in 1990.

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Ken Gore in 0 of its research Essays. Ken Gore has 33 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about Ken Gore

   Publications  Book References:  8
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ken Gore
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Exponents of the Boston School April 2000 Curtis, Judith A Yes
8 Book References for Ken Gore
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Taylor, Dawn-Wolf; Aycock, Bonnie A Centennial Celebration of Art in Lubbock: A One-Hundred Year Celebration
(Exhibition catalog)
52 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
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
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1977 Meyer, Susan E (ed) 20 Landscape Painters And How They Work 175 Yes
1940 Recchia, Kitty Parsons, editor Artists of the Rockport Art Association 1940 0 No
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