Melville Price Explained
| Melville Price |
| Birth Date: | 1920 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Date: | 1970 |
| Death Place: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Professor, painter |
Melville Price (1920–1970) was an American painter and educator.
Life
Price was born in 1920 in New York City.[1]
Price experimented with Surrealism and Cubism before embracing Abstract Expressionism.[2] He first taught art in Pennsylvania,[2] [3] including summer classes at Penn State Abington.[4] He later became a professor of art at the University of Alabama.[5]
Price died in 1970 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1] For art critic Sarah Lansdell, "Price was not a compromiser and his works are deliberately harsh."[2]
Further reading
- Book: Price . Barbara G. . Without Compromise: The Art of Melville Price . 2002 . Thomas McCormick Gallery . Chicago . 9780967101316. 51734075.
Notes and References
- Web site: Melville Price . Smithsonian American Art Museum . February 29, 2020.
- News: Lansdell . Sarah . Melville Price Retrospective Expands an American Chapter . February 29, 2020 . The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky . September 13, 1970. F15. Newspapers.com.
- News: Painter to Conduct Classes at New Hope . February 29, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . June 16, 1957. 77. Newspapers.com.
- News: Summer Art at Ogontz . February 29, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . May 18, 1958. 77. Newspapers.com.
- News: Deaths Elsewhere: Melville Price . February 29, 2020 . The Miami Herald . Miami, Florida . February 28, 1970. 22. Newspapers.com.
