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Artist Statement:
I am best known for my work in political cartooning which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize. However, I started painting when I was young, studied at Syracuse University under Jerome Witkin, and never stopped. While cartooning provided at an artistic outlet for the daily foibles of politicians and such, painting ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"Jim Morin: Drawings and Paintings", Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL, Sept. 5 - Nov. 15, 2008
“Jim Morin: Paintings”, Futernick Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006
“The Art of Hatred: Images of Intolerance”, The Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL, February 7 – March 10, 2002
Jim Morin Paintings, Don ...
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Jim Morin Biography:
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Age
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56
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
not provided
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Acoustic guitar, music (Leo Kottke, Pierre Bensusan, The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Tom Rush, James Taylor, post 1965 Beach Boys, John Lennon, Pat Donohue, and on and on...) |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Soutine, Lopez-Garcia, Freud, Morandi
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Rembrandt self portraits
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Rembrandt's incredible self portraits, Chaim Soutine's Ceret landscapes, Kokoshka portraits, Ludwig Meidner's Apocalyptic landscapes and portrait drawings, Van Gogh's fields of wheat,
Bacon's pope and small portrait studies, Frans Hals' brush strokes, Emile Nolde's watercolors, Lucian Freud's flesh tones, Daumier's paintings and lithographs, Corot's Woman with Pearl, Munch's emotional courage, and on and on. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I was born an artist. I didn't "become" one. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
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