George Tooker

Tooker receives the National Medal of Arts (2007) from George W. Bush .

George Clair Tooker, Junior (born August 5, 1920 in Brooklyn , New York City , † March 27, 2011 in Hartland , Vermont ) was an American painter and representative of magical realism .

Tooker grew up in Brooklyn Heights and Bellport , New York . After graduating from school, he first studied English literature at Harvard University and graduated in 1942. The following year he began studying at the Art Students League of New York . Early in his career, Tooker was compared to other painters such as Andrew Wyeth , Edward Hopper, and his friends Jared French and Paul Cadmus . Subway (1950; Whitney Museum of American Art ) and Government Bureau (1956; Metropolitan Museum of Art ) are among his best-known works. Waiting Room (1957; Smithsonian American Art Museum , Washington, DC ) shows him as a representative of social realism .

Tooker was elected Associate Member ( ANA ) in 1968 and Full Member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design two years later , and has also been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1983 . In 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts . He last lived in Vermont .

Web links

• Literature by and about George Tooker in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ George Tooker (1920-2011) - "Waiting Room", 1957 . Retrieved September 10, 2011.
2. ↑ nationalacademy.org: National Academicians "T" / Tooker, George, NA 1970 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 17, 2015)  
3. ↑ Sebastian Smee: George Tooker, 1920–2011 . In: boston.com of 29 March 2011. Accessed December 17, 2015 (English).