Biography:Francis Criss
Francis Criss | |
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 Criss in his studio in 1940 | |
| Born | Francis Hyman Criss 1901 London, England |
| Died | 1973 (aged 71–72) New York City, US |
| Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art Students League of New York, Barnes Foundation |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Precisionism |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Francis Hyman Criss (1901 - 1973) was an American painter. Criss's style is associated with the American Precisionists like Charles Demuth and his friend Charles Sheeler.[1]
A turn towards more commercial work later in his career—including a November 1942 cover for Fortune Magazine—led to a decline in his reputation. Criss died in 1973 in New York City.[2]
His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum,[3] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[4] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[5] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[6]
In 2021 Criss' painting Alma Sewing was featured in an essay by the art critic Sebastian Smee in the Washington Post. Smee considers Alma Sewing to be Criss' finest work.[7] The painting in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.[8]
References
- ↑ "Francis Criss". https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/francis-criss/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Francis Criss". https://americanart.si.edu/artist/francis-criss-1044.
- ↑ "City Landscape". https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/147003.
- ↑ "Waterfront" (in en). https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/waterfront-41670.
- ↑ "Words and Music of Two Hemispheres" (in en). https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/49277.
- ↑ "Francis Criss | Astor Place" (in en). https://whitney.org/collection/works/2099.
- ↑ Smee, Sebastian. "Francis Criss painted 'Alma Sewing' as a study of composure, and unruliness" (in en). Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2021/francis-criss-alma-sewing/.
- ↑ "Alma Sewing". https://high.org/collections/alma-sewing/.
External links
- images of Criss' work from the Whitney Museum of American Art
- images of Criss' work on ArtNet
- Online Monograph
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