John Wilde
Born: 1919
Died: 2006
John Wilde was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his bachelor and masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where after serving in World War II he began a distinguished teaching career. In style, his art is a modern extension of traditional realist styles. His meticulous drawing and candid portrayals of the human figure are suggestive of fifteenth-century Flemish and Italian Renaissance art. The element of fantasy in his art also joins him to older northern European traditions. His renderings, however, of living forms that do not seem drawn from nature and his illogical juxtapositions of objects place him within the context of Surrealism and Magic Realism, whose incongruous dream worlds he admires. His art of improbable situations nonetheless explores the most traditional of themes in Western art: love and death. His work is held in the permanent collections of prestigious museums, including The Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, and The Art Institute of Chicago.
Artworks
Still Life with Shells
1950
8 Russets
1987
Portrait of D
1988
The D.D. Series #1: Taking a Walk
1974
Portrait of Warrington Colescott
1971
The D. D. Series #8: Planting a Seedling
1974
The D. D. Series #2: Hoeing
1974
The D. D. Series #9: The Artist with Books
1974
The D. D. Series #4: Grouse Hunting
1974
7 Kiefers
1987
A Red-breasted Nuthatch
1982
Small Mammal Skulls
1974
The D. D. series #10: Picking Mushrooms
1974
A Heron’s Skull, Thrice
1974
Stil Life with Tangerine
The D. D. Series #6: Fishing
1974
8 Russets
1987
Wildeview
1985
Good Things — 3 Pods
The D. D. Series #5: Clipping Snap Beans
1974
The Sons of Worse than Bitches Have Put A Hole in My Head!!
1944
The D. D. Series #3: Picking Black Raspberries
1974
The D. D. Series #7: Relaxing in Bed
1974
7 Kiefers
1987
Wildeview II
1985
75 in 150
2001
Wildeview
1985
The Place to Go
2001
Walter’s Box #2
1994
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