Niles Spencer
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Niles Spencer | |
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Born | |
Died | 15 May 1952 | (aged 58)
Education | Rhode Island School of Design |
Occupation | Artist (painter) |
Niles Spencer (16 May 1893 – 15 May 1952)[1] was an American painter of the Precisionist School who specialized in depicting urban and industrial landscapes. His works are in the permanent collections of several major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and MoMA.[2][3][4]
Selected works
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Down the Hill (1924), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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The Dormer Window (1927), The Phillips Collection
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The Red Table' (1927), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Western Pennsylvania (1938), mural for the United States post office in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, that is now preserved at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
References
- ^ Marter, Joan M. (ed.) (2011). "Spencer, Niles". The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, Vol. 1, pp. 523–524. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195335791
- ^ Devree, Howard (27 June 1954). "Spencer Revalued". New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018 (subscription required).
- ^ Morgan, Ann Lee (ed.) (2007). "Spencer, Niles". The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists, pp. 457–458. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198029551
- ^ Kramer, Hilton (12 February 1966). "Art: Retrospective for Niles Spencer". New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018 (subscription required).
Further reading
- Marling, Karal Ann and Jeffers, Wendy (1990). Niles Spencer. Whitney Museum of American Art
External links
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- Paintings by Niles Spencer
- The Dormer Window, 1927 (The Phillips Collection)
- Near Avenue A, 1933 (MoMA)
- Waterfront Mill, 1940 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Study for Western Pennsylvania, 1937 (RISD Museum)
- Six works by Niles Spencer, including The Green Table, 1930 and Ventilators, 1948 (Whitney Museum of American Art)
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