Lennart Anderson (August 22, 1928 – October 15, 2015) was an American painter. His work has been featured at several major museums, including his first major show at the
Delaware Art Museum
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in 1992. He taught on the art faculties of several universities, including
Brooklyn College
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, the
Pratt Institute
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,
Yale University
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,
Princeton University
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, and
Columbia University
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.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he studied at
Cass Technical High School
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, the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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, the
Cranbrook Academy of Art
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, and the
Art Students League of New York
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Although artists may study f ...
under
Edwin Dickinson
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. Anderson was inducted as a member of the
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
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in 1977 and made an Associate of the American Academy of Design in 1982. He was a recipient of the
Guggenheim Fellowship
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(1983), the
National Endowment for the Arts
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grant, the
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
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grant, and in 1961 was awarded the
Rome Prize
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.
His paintings and drawings are included in the collections of the
Brooklyn Museum
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; the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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;
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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;
Cleveland Museum of Art
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; the
Whitney Museum of American Art
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; the
Morgan Library & Museum
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; and the
Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection.
In the fall of 2021, a retrospective of Anderson's work opened at The
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
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. An 84-page hardcover catalog was also published, featuring essays from
Paul Resika,
Martica Sawin, Jennifer Samet, and Susan Jane Walp.
A version of the exhibition subsequently traveled to The
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts is an art school in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
History
The Lyme Academy was founded in 1976 by Elisabeth Gordon Chandler as a figurative academy for the teaching of sculpture, figure drawing, Illustration and painting ...
, opening in January, 2022. In June, 2023, The exhibition opened at the Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA) at
Southern Utah University
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, and then to the
Bo Bartlett
Bo Bartlett (born December 29, 1955) is an American Realism, American realist painter, working in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island, Maine.
Early life
Bo Bartlett was born James William Bartlett III on December 29, 1955, in Columbus, Georgia. ...
Center at
Columbus State University
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History ...
in Georgia, February 1-April 12, 2024. It has been announced that the exhibit will open at The
John David Mooney
John David Mooney is a Chicago-based, internationally recognized artist, known for his large-scale public sculptures, light pieces, and environmental installations. Astronomy, science, and nature have played a significant role in Mooney's art, and ...
Foundation in Chicago on March 27, 2025.
References
External links
The Estate of Lennart Anderson website
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1928 births
2015 deaths
Painters from New York City
Brooklyn College faculty
Pratt Institute faculty
Yale University faculty
Princeton University faculty
Columbia University faculty
Artists from Detroit
Deaths from prostate cancer in New York (state)
Artists from Brooklyn
Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni
Cass Technical High School alumni
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters