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{{short description|American painter (1924 - 2017)}}

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'''John Levee''' is an [[visual arts of the United States|American]] [[abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[Painting|painter]] who has worked in [[Paris]] since 1949. His father was [[M. C. Levee]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levee|first1=John H|title=California, Birth Index, 1905-1995|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGF5-5WS|publisher=familysearch|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref>
'''John Levee''' (April 10, 1924 – January 18, 2017) was an [[visual arts of the United States|American]] [[abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[Painting|painter]] who had worked in [[Paris]] since 1949. His father was [[M. C. Levee]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Levee|first1=John H|title=California, Birth Index, 1905–1995|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGF5-5WS|publisher=familysearch|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JOHN HARRISON LEVEE HAS DIED JANUARY 18TH 2017 IN PARIS|url=http://www.le-musee-prive.com/index.php/1757-john-harrison-levee-has-died-january-18th-2017-in-paris.html|publisher=Le Musee Prive|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
[[Image:Levee1956.jpg|right|thumb|260px|John Levee drawing 1955, ink on paper 75 × 52.5 cm, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York]]
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John Harrison Levee received a master's degree in [[philosophy]] from [[UCLA]] and became an aviator in the [[Second World War]]. After the war he decided to stay to work as a painter in [[Montparnasse]]. He studied [[art]] at the [[ArtCenter College of Design|Art Center School]] in [[Los Angeles]] and at [[Académie Julian]] in [[Paris]] from 1949 to 1951.


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His early painting was inspired by the [[New York School (art)|New York School]] of [[abstract expressionism]], which included [[Franz Kline]], [[Robert Motherwell]], [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Willem de Kooning]] and [[Philip Guston]], among others. After a period of [[hard-edge painting]] based on [[geometric abstraction]] in the 1960s, Levee returned to his more [[wikt:spontaneous|spontaneous]] abstract expressionist style, often using [[collage]] elements with loose brush work typical of [[lyrical abstraction]].
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John Harrison Levee received a master degree in [[philosophy]] from [[UCLA]] and became an aviator in the [[Second World War]]. After the war he decided to stay to work as a painter in [[Montparnasse]]. He studied [[art]] at the Art Center School in [[Los Angeles]] and at Académie Julian in [[Paris]] from 1949 to 1951.


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==Reference works in public collections==
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His early painting was inspired by the [[New York School (art)|New York School]] of [[Abstract Expressionism]], which included [[Franz Kline]], [[Robert Motherwell]], [[Jackson Pollock]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Willem de Kooning]] and [[Philip Guston]], among others. After a period of [[hard-edge painting]] based on [[geometric abstraction]] in the 1960s, Levee returned to his more [[wikt:spontaneous|spontaneous]] [[Abstract Expressionism]] style, often using [[collage]] elements with loose brush work typical of [[lyrical abstraction]].

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==Reference Works in Public Collections==
* [[Kunstmuseum Basel]], Basel
* [[Kunstmuseum Basel]], Basel
* [[MOMA]] Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
* [[MoMA]] Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
* [[Stedelijk Museum]], Amsterdam
* [[Stedelijk Museum]], Amsterdam
* [[Whitney Museum]], New York, New York
* [[Whitney Museum]], New York, New York
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* [[Baltimore Museum of Art]], Baltimore, Maryland
* [[Baltimore Museum of Art]], Baltimore, Maryland
* [[Phoenix Art Museum]], Phoenix, Arizona
* [[Phoenix Art Museum]], Phoenix, Arizona
* [[Cincinnati Art Museum]], Cincinnati, Ohio
* [[Cincinnati Art Museum]], Cincinnati, Ohi
* [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]], Santa Barbara, California
* [[Dallas Museum of Art]] Contemporary, Texas
* [[Dallas Museum of Art]] Contemporary, Texas
* [[Palm Springs Desert Museum]], California
* [[Palm Springs Desert Museum]], California
* [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]], Florida
* [[Boca Raton Museum of Art]], Florida
* [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] Washington, D.C.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://hyperallergic.com/352402/art-movements-187/ John Levee’s death announced in Obituaries] at [[Hyperallergic]]
*[http://imagoart.club.fr/levee.htm Biography (in French) of John Levee]
*[http://www.gimpel-muller.com/John-Levee-oeuvres-exposition-12-12.html John Levee 2009 Paris Retrospective]
*[http://www.gimpel-muller.com/John-Levee-oeuvres-exposition-12-12.html John Levee 2009 Paris Retrospective]


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Latest revision as of 19:35, 22 June 2024

John Levee
John Levee in 1976
Born(1924-04-10)April 10, 1924
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 2017(2017-01-18) (aged 92)
Paris, France
Known forAbstract expressionism

John Levee (April 10, 1924 – January 18, 2017) was an American abstract expressionist painter who had worked in Paris since 1949. His father was M. C. Levee.[1][2]

Background

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John Levee drawing 1955, ink on paper 75 × 52.5 cm, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

John Harrison Levee received a master's degree in philosophy from UCLA and became an aviator in the Second World War. After the war he decided to stay to work as a painter in Montparnasse. He studied art at the Art Center School in Los Angeles and at Académie Julian in Paris from 1949 to 1951.

His early painting was inspired by the New York School of abstract expressionism, which included Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and Philip Guston, among others. After a period of hard-edge painting based on geometric abstraction in the 1960s, Levee returned to his more spontaneous abstract expressionist style, often using collage elements with loose brush work typical of lyrical abstraction.

Reference works in public collections

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Levee, John H. "California, Birth Index, 1905–1995". familysearch. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ "JOHN HARRISON LEVEE HAS DIED JANUARY 18TH 2017 IN PARIS". Le Musee Prive. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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