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Ben Looney

Ben Earl Looney (1904 - 1981) was active/lived in Louisiana.  Ben Looney is known for Landscape-rural, plantations, mural.

Ben Earl Looney is a great Louisiana story. He founded the Louisiana State University Art Department. He was elected to the Board of Control of the Art Students' League. He also taught art near Boston and lived in New York City for 9 years. However, most of his life was spent in the South, primarily Louisiana.

He painted nearly every plantation home in Louisiana that was standing from 1940-1970. He painted numerous large oil murals for various dignitaries and clientele, including the Ford Motor Company. But his favorite medium was watercolor. Most of his watercolors are textbook examples on form and style. His subjects were usually landscapes and his work is impeccable.

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Sidney S Moreland IV:
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Ben Earl Looney's "favorite medium" was not watercolor. Although most of his work published in books is watercolor, the majority of his non-published work is not watercolor. Most of this work is e   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1723 characters.]  Artist bio

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