'Abstract in Lilac and Lapis, American Abstraction' by Kenneth Snodgrass, Circa 1965

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Oil abstract comprising organic shapes in Prussian blue, vermilion, and olive against a slate and lavender ground.

Signed lower right, … Read more Oil abstract comprising organic shapes in Prussian blue, vermilion, and olive against a slate and lavender ground.

Signed lower right, 'K. Martin S.', painted circa 1965 and accompanied by old exhibition label.

Born and educated in Denver, Colorado before traveling extensively and settling down in France, Kenneth Martin Snodgrass was a painter, portraitist, caricaturist, author and theater director. After completing time in the military, Snodgrass attended the University of Denver, through which he was also able to attend Mexico City College in the summer of 1959.

After receiving his Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts and a Master's of Art Snodgrass traveled extensively; hitchhiking from Denver to San Francisco before going to Europe. An active artist through out his travels, Snodgrass visited Amsterdam, Spain and in Germany to Munich, Heidelberg and Stuttgart, where a show in the Galerie Lutz met with a certain success in 1964.

Further time spent in Europe involved Snodgrass working as a caricaturist for the satirical journal ”Simplissimus” and teaching art to NATO soldiers, as well as involving himself in theatre. While living in Evreux, Snodgrass directed plays by Eugène Ionesco, Murray Schisgal and John Carlino and created his own theater company. In 1973, Snodgrass made frequent trips between France and the United States after an invitation by the University of Ottawa, Kansas to be an artist in residence.

EXHIBITIONS

1960 Vogue Theater Gallery, Denver USA
1961 Galeria Moderno, Barcelone Spain
1961 Lelieu, Spain
1964 Lutz and Myer Gallery, Stuttggart Germany
1964 Gunther Frank Gallery, Munich Germany
1967 Casino galerie, Valras France
1968 Galerie Historial, Nyon Switzerland
1969 Galerie Aurora, Genève Switzerland
1969 Galerie Municipale, Sète France
1969 Breslaner Gallery, Munich Germany
1969 Galerie Chantepierre, Aubone Switzerland
1971 Invité d'hnneur Biennale de Béziers, France
1979 Shelburne, Orchards Vermont USA
1980 Galerie Domenech, Perpignan France
1981 Burlington Vermont, San Francisco USA
1992 Galerie Made, Thannhausen Germany
1993 Art Jonction, Cannes France
1993 GalerieMade, Thannhausen Germany
1994 Galerie Horizon, Colera Spain
1994 Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan France
1995 Galerie AKKA, rue de Seine, Paris France
1995 Noel Fine Art, New York USA
1995 Galerie Horizon, Colera Spain
1988 Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan France
1991 Galerie Nuances, La Grande Motte, France
1993 Galerie Image de Marque, Nîmes France
1999 Galerie Thérèse Roussel, Perpignan France


GROUP EXHIBITION

1959 64th Annual for Western Artists, Art Museum, Denver USA
1959 12th Mid-America annual William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas-city USA
1959 10th Denver Metropolitan, Art Museum, Denver USA
1960 6th Midwest Biennal exhibition Jocelyn, Art Museum, Omaha-Neb. USA
1967-69 Jeune Peinture et Sculpture Méditerranéenne de Nice, Nice France
1968 Salon d’Arcueil échanges culturels, Arcueil France
1973-1974-1975 Mostra del Larzac France
1989 Guest of honor Salon d’Auch, Auch France
1989 F.I.A.C de Toulouse, Toulouse France

RETROSPECTIVES

2007 Musée Peské, Collioure France
2009 Palais des Rois de Majorque Juillet Août, Perpignan France
2010 Salle municipale "Ancienne mairie de Collioure" France
2011 Espace Maillol, Palais des Congrès Georges Pompidou, Perpignan France

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