Lincoln Perry (born 1949 in New York City) is an American visual artist and author most well known as a muralist.[1]
He is married to the novelist Ann Beattie whom he met when they were both teaching at the University of Virginia.[2]
Perry currently serves as the distinguished visiting artist at the UVA where he was commissioned to create a very large twelve-panel mural in the McKim, Mead, and White designed Cabell Hall on the University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson designed campus, the title of which is The Student's Progress.[3] Pablo Picasso, Balthus, Paolo Veronese, Giambattista Tiepolo, and Gustave Courbet have been cited as being amongst his influences.[4][5]
He lives part of the year in Southern Maine.[6]
Perry is the author of the books Lincoln Perry's Charlottesville (UVA Press 2006[7]) and Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others (David R. Godine 2022[8]).[9] Perry is also a contributing writer to The American Scholar.[10] In addition he has written for other journals such as Painters on Paintings.[11] Perry has also created sculptures including several series done in terracotta.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Lincoln Perry: Paintings; text by Michael Culver". Tfaoi.com. 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Lincoln Perry". BOMB Magazine. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ https://news.virginia.edu/content/murals-lincoln-perry-featuring-uva-project-premiere-march-17-pbs
- ^ Perry, Lincoln (2016). "Past Present". The Paris Review. Interviews. Vol. Fall 2016, no. 218. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ Jane Ford, jford@virginia.edu (2012-11-27). "Old Cabell Hall Mural Expands to Encompass a Lifetime of Learning | UVA Today". News.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Lincoln Perry – Art New England". Artnewengland.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/2017/
- ^ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55844035-seeing-like-an-artist
- ^ https://augustafreepress.com/news/artist-and-author-lincoln-perry-to-speak-about-his-new-book-seeing-like-an-artist/
- ^ "Lincoln Perry". The American Scholar. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ https://paintersonpaintings.com/lincoln-perry-on-frank-auerbach-and-marino-marini/
- ^ "Sculpture – Lincoln Perry Art". Lincolnperry.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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