Earl Stroh Explained

Earl W. Stroh
Birth Date:1924
Birth Place:Buffalo, New York[1]
Death Date:2005
Education:Art Institute of Buffalo, Art Students League of New York
Known For:Taos Modernism
Awards:Helene Wurlitzer Foundation

Earl Stroh (1924-2005) was an American artist who was affiliated with the Taos Moderns group of painters.

Education

He received his education at the Art Institute of Buffalo, and went on to train at the Art Students League, New York, and the University of New Mexico.[2]

Career

In the 1940s, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, awarded him a grant to produce his work, and Helene Wurlitzer became his patron. In 1947, he moved to Taos, New Mexico where he continued to live an work throughout the rest of his career.

Stroh participated in numerous exhibitions, including those as the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, New Mexico Museum of Art, Galerie Seder (Paris), the Roswell Museum and Art Center, the Library of Congress, the Harwood Museum of Art, the Oklahoma Art Center.[3]

In the 1970s Stroh was invited to be an artist in residence at the Tamarind Institute to develop a series of lithographs; these works were later shown at the Harwood Museum in Taos.

Stroh died in 2005 in Taos.

Collections

Stroh's work is included in the permanent collections of the McNay Art Museum,[4] the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright Knox Gallery),[5] the Dallas Museum of Art,[6] the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[8] among other venues.

An archive of Stroh's papers from 1960 to 1983 are held in the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earl Stroh (1924-2005) . 203 Fine Art . 18 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Earl Stroh (American 1924–2005) . Art Net . 18 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Earl Stroh (1924–2005) . Tamarind Institute . 18 November 2022.
  4. Web site: Earl Stroh (American, b.1924, d.2005) . McNay Art Museum. 17 November 2022.
  5. Web site: Earl Stroh American, 1924-2005 . Buffalo AKG Art Museum . 19 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Earl Stroh: Still Life with Shells . 17 November 2022.
  7. Web site: Earl. W. Stroh . Art Institute of Chicago . 18 November 2022.
  8. Web site: Thracian Mode Earl Stroh (American, 1924-2005) . Indianapolis Museum of Art . 18 November 2022.
  9. Web site: Earl W. Stroh papers, 1960-1983 . Archives of American Art . 18 November 2022.

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