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Artist Statement:
Quinn & Hammond Tile
Works closed following the
economic events of Sept. 11,
Examples of Quinn & Hammond
Tileworks Installations are
found throughout the United
States most notably in Sun
Valley Idaho and in the area
of Seaside Florida. The work
of Quinn & Hammond has been
archived by the Tile Heritage
Foundation.
While in the United
States George has been
recognized as a ceramicist and
gallery owner,in europe he was
recognized for his paintings
and furniture designs. It is
to these roots that his new
venture adheres, to a love of
form, and a love of the
woodworking process: at
present 12 new pieces of
contemporary "art furniture"
are in design/production they
will be made available through
this site and will begin to
appear here replacing the
images of tile. Gallery
inquiries are welcome.George
Lea, 519 Garden Lane, Waveland
Ms. 39576 ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Relating to Quinn & Hammond
Tile
Oct. 1998 100th Anniversary
Moravian Pottery and Tile
Works; Doylestown, Pa.
Mar. 2000 Solo Exhibition,
The Studio Gallery, Grayton
Beach, Fl.
May 2000 Tile Fest 2000,
Moravian Pottery and Tile
Works, Doylestown, Pa.
Sept. 2000 Gustav Stickley
Museum at Craftsman Farms,
Morris Plains, N.J...
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Artist Galleries:
New Morning Gallery,
Asheville, N.C.
The Studio Gallery, Grayton
Beach, Fl.
The New South Gallery,
Montgomery, Al.
Tile Temptations, Destin,
Fl.
SunValley Tile, SunValley,
Id.
The Mission Shop, St.
Petersburg, Fl.
Michael FitzSimmons,
Chicago, Il.
Once Upoun a Tile,
Fitchburg, Ma.
Dancing Eye Gallery,
Northville, Mi
extensive list of...
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George Lea Biography:
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Age
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47
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
5
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| Religion |
Buddhist |
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| Education |
Graduate Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Boatbuilding
Favorite Arthistory Movement
Contemporary Art - (Now)
Abstract Art - (1910 - )
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
Art Deco - (1920 - 1935)
Art Informel - (1950 - 1960)
Art Nouveau - (1880 - 1910)
Arts and Crafts Movement - (1861 - 1900)
Ash Can School - (1908 - 1918)
Barbizon School - (1830 - 1870)
Baroque - (1600 - 1750)
Bauhaus School - (1919 - 1933)
Bolognese School - (1500 - 1650)
Byzantine - (330 - 1453)
Camden Town Group - (1911 - 1913)
Classicism - (1600 - 1800)
Conceptual Art - (1960 - 1975)
Conceptualism - (1960 - 1975)
Constructivism - (1913 - 1930)
Contemporary Art - (Now)
Contemporary Realism - (1965 - 1975)
Cubism - (1908 - 1920)
Dadaism - (1916 - 1924)
Dutch School - (1600 - 1670)
English Landscape School - (1600 - 1800)
Euston Road School - (1937 - 1939)
Expressionism - (1905 - 1945)
Fauvism - (1898 - 1908)
Flemish School - (1600 - 1800)
Florentine School - (1400 - 1600)
Fluxus - (1962 - 1975)
Gothic - (1100 - 1450)
Heidelberg School - (1870 - 1900)
Hudson River School - (1825 - 1875)
Hyper-Realism - (1965 - 1975)
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
Intimisme - (1890 - )
Kinetic Art - (1925 - 1965)
Les Nabis - (1891 - 1899)
Magic Realism - (1920 - 1950)
Mannerism - (1520 - 1600)
Minimalism - (1960 - 1975)
Modernism - (1890 - 1940)
Naive Art - ( - )
Neo-Expressionism - (1970 - 1990)
Neoclassicism - (1750 - 1830)
Neoplasticism - (1920 - 1940)
Op Art - (1950 - 1965)
Orientalism - (1800 - 1900)
Orphism - (1912 - 1914)
Parma School - (1400 - 1550)
Photorealism - (1965 - 1975)
Pictorialism - (1895 - 1910)
Pop Art - (1958 - 1975)
Post-Impressionism - (1885 - 1905)
Post-Modernism - (1975 - )
Postmodernism - (1975 - )
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - (1848 - 1854)
Precisionism - (1920 - 1945)
Purism - (1918 - 1925)
Realism - (1850 - 1880)
Regionalism - (1930 - 1945)
Renaissance - (1400 - 1600)
Rococo - (1700 - 1760)
Romanticism - (1800 - 1850)
School of Paris - (1600 - )
Sienese School - (1200 - 1400)
Social Realism - (1930 - 1945)
Superrealism - (1965 - 1975)
Suprematism - (1913 - 1919)
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
Symbolism - (1880 - 1895)
Synchromism - (1918 - 1925)
The Danube School of German Painting - (1500 - 1550)
The Nazarenes - (1809 - )
The School of Paris - (1600 - )
Ukiyo-e - (1600 - 1867)
Umbrian School - (1500 - 1650)
Venetian School - (1450 - 1600)
Vorticism - (1912 - 1915)
Favorite Visual Artist
Favorite Work of Art
Biggest Artistic Inspiration
Both form and surface, the new work combines non-traditional form with the function of traditional furniture, with an emphasis on color and surface design. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Wood
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Post-Modernism - (1975 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Frank Gehry
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Balboa Museum
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The Geometry of Tibetan Thonka's and the organic line. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I never bothered to question it... |
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| Your Personal Biography |
1978-80 Oklahoma State University
1985-86 Instructor Giessen,W. Germany
exhibits in Frankfurt
1986 Penland School of Craft
one man show Ridgeway Gallery
1989-92 SCAC, GCA, numerous
1996 Hammonds National
1996-2001 Quinn & Hammond Tileworks
Atlanta Merchandise Mart
Gustav Stickly Museum
Albany Museum of Art
Moravian Tileworks
Tile Heritage Foundation
Tile Council of America
Old Town Clayworks
2004-05 Lillstreet, Chicago Il.
2005-returned to Bay St. Louis, Ms. 11 days after hurricane katrina struck, devoted 18 months to assisting friends in recovery efforts ( a process which continues)
2007-Introduction of an Art/Furniture line consisting of painted wood. Bluebird Woodworks
519 Gardenlane
Waveland, Ms. 39576 |
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