Howard Kanovitz
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Howard Kanovitz (February 9, 1929 – February 2, 2009) was a pioneering painter in the Photorealist and Hyperrealist Movements, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the abstract art movement.[1]
[edit] Life
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Kanovitz graduated from Providence College. He also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and New York University.
His early paintings were in the Abstract Impressionist style, following the likes of Franz Kline, Kanovitz's teacher, and Jackson Pollock. In the early 1960s, he left the movement.
[edit] References
- ^ Weber, Bruce (9 February 2009). "Howard Kanovitz, 79, Recreated the Real, Dies". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/design/09kanovitz.html. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
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