Denny Dent

Denny Dent painted Martin Luther King, Jr. at Tufts University in 1995.

Dennis E. "Denny" Dent (born April 5, 1948 in Oakland (California) , † March 29, 2004 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American painter who was famous for his large-scale performance portraits of prominent figures in popular culture .

Dent graduated from Oakland High School with a degree in arts. His special performance style developed when, in 1980, at a commemorative event in honor of John Lennon, he painted his portrait in public for the first time on a stage to Lennon's music and met with an enormous response.

His portrait of the guitarist Jimi Hendrix , which he painted on a house wall in the three-minute opening credits for the film Jimi Plays Monterey, is famous .

Dent was married to Ali Christina Flores. He died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-six .

credentials

^ Martin, Douglas (April 4, 2004). Denny Dent, Who Made a Performance Out of Painting the Famous, Dies at 55th New York Times [1]
↑ Martin, Claire (March 31, 2004). Denny Dent painted with frenetic style. Denver Post http://www.geocities.com/bevshul/OHS/articles/dent66.htm ( Memento from November 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

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SURNAME	Dent, Denny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dent, Dennis E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oakland (California)
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 2004
Place of death	Denver , Colorado

[nytobit-1] Martin, Douglas (April 4, 2004). Denny Dent, Who Made a Performance Out of Painting the Famous, Dies at 55th New York Times [1]

[postobit-2] Martin, Claire (March 31, 2004). Denny Dent painted with frenetic style. Denver Post http://www.geocities.com/bevshul/OHS/articles/dent66.htm ( Memento from November 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive )