David Park

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David Park was an influential American painter and a leading figure in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for his expressive return to representational art in mid-20th-century California.

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instanceOf painter
person
activeYearsEnd 1960
activeYearsStart 1930
artisticFocus everyday life scenes
human figure
associatedWith California School of Fine Arts faculty
San Francisco art scene
birthDate 1911-03-17
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship United States
deathDate 1960-09-20
deathPlace Berkeley, California, United States
education self-taught artist
employer California School of Fine Arts
University of California, Berkeley
era 20th century
field painting
genre figurative art
representational art
influenced Elmer Bischoff
Richard Diebenkorn
Wayne Thiebaud
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism
European modernism
linked to: Modernism
knownFor Bay Area Figurative Movement
figurative painting
return to representational art
language English
movement Abstract Expressionism
Bay Area Figurative Movement
name David Park
nationality American
notableWork Four Women
Kids on Bikes
Rehearsal
residence Berkeley, California
spouse Lydia Park
style bold color
expressive brushwork
subjectOf monograph "David Park: A Painter’s Life"
retrospective exhibitions at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
workLocation Berkeley, California
San Francisco Bay Area

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