Lee Mullican

Lee Mullican
Lee Mullican in his Santa Monica residence (1970)
Born (1919-12-02)December 2, 1919
Chickasha, OK
Died (1998-07-07)July 7, 1998
Santa Monica, CA
Nationality American
Alma mater Abilene Christian College, Kansas Institute of the Arts, University of Oklahoma
Known for Painting, drawings
Movement Dynaton

Lee Mullican (December 2, 1919 in Chickasha, Oklahoma – July 8, 1998 in Santa Monica, California) was a painter and art teacher, and an influential member of the Dynaton Movement.[1] He moved to San Francisco in 1947, and was part of a 1951 exhibition called "Dynaton" held at the San Francisco Museum of Art.[2] Mullican was a member of the UCLA art faculty from 1962 to 1990.[3] He married Luchita Hurtado; their son Matt Mullican is a New York City based artist; their son John Mullican is a Los Angeles-based writer and director. He is represented by Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Angeles, California.

References

  1. ↑ Kimball Whiting. LEE MULLICAN (1919-1998) - California Abstract Painter / Dynaton Exhibitor. "Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  2. ↑ "Art and soul : Internationally known Taos artist Lee Mullican dies". Taos News. July 16, 1998.
  3. ↑ "UCLA Obituary: Lee Mullican". Retrieved 2011-06-09.

  • Eliel, Carol S., Lee Mullican, Amy Gerstler, and Lari Pittman. Lee Mullican an abundant harvest of sun (Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Los Angeles, 2005) ISBN 978-0-87587-194-3
  • McCollum, Allan,"The Drawing Appears," in Lee Mullican: Selected Drawings, 1945-1980. University of California, Los Angeles (1999).
  • Lee Mullican, "Selected Works," published by Galerie Schreiner, 1980


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