John Stephan
John Walter Stephan (1906–1995) was an American painter in the Hard-edge style. His magazine The Tigers Eye was widely read and is considered a lastingly influential magazine of art and literature. He was a contemporary and friends with such notable artists as Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and William Baziotes
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John Stephan
- Name
- John Walter Stephan
- Born
- 29 December 1906
- Birthplace
- Chicago
- Died
- 1 July 1995
- Education
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Spouse
- Ruth Walgreen Stephan Dart
- Field
- Oil painting, Mural
- Movement
- Abstract Expressionism
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
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• Name — John Walter Stephan • Born — 29 December 1906 • Birthplace — Chicago • Died — 1 July 1995 • Education — Art Institute of Chicago • Spouse — Ruth Walgreen Stephan Dart • Field — Oil painting, Mural • Movement — Abstract Expressionism
Early life
Early life
John Stephan was born in Maywood, Illinois to a father who was a dentist and a mother who was a nurse, and his family moved to Chicago in 1917 he attended the University of Illinois and later the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
Career
After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an Art Instructor at Jane Addams Hull House, in Chicago and later was a Draftsman, at Western Electric in Chicago. His first solo exhibition was in 1931 with many other solo and group exhibitions of note.
Personal life
Personal life
He was married to Ruth Walgreen, then Ruth Stephan, who was the daughter of Walgreens founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen.
Notable exhibitions
Notable exhibitions
• 9th Street Art Exhibition
Notable collections
• Yale University Art Gallery • Smithsonian American Art Museum • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston • Rose Art Museum
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