With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Bernard Perlin
Illustration, Painting/Drawing
1918 – 2014
- Biography/Description of Work
A resident of Ridgefield from 1959 until his death in 2014, Bernard Perlin was a painter and illustrator. In the 1930s, he studied at the New York School of Design, National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. His work is influenced by the later contemporary urban scenes of one of his instructors, Kenneth Hayes Miller. During World War II he was an artist correspondent for ‘Life’ and ‘Fortune’ magazines, and contributed illustrations to ‘Harpers’ and ‘Colliers’ from the 1940s into the 1960s. His painted in a social realist mode, exploring abstraction in later years.
- Sources view
- Uconn database, http://bernardperlin.com/content/?page_id=16, http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bernard-perlin-1758, http://www.kirksvillearts.com/newsite/?p=4145, http://arts.hersamacorn.com/6794/bernard-perlin-life-is-full-of-changes-so-is-art/, http://www.askart.com/askart/p/bernard_perlin/bernard_perlin.aspx, http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3767, New York Times Obituaries - 2014-1-29 (Paper copy in files)
- Associated Resource(s)
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