Michael J. Deas

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Michael J. Deas
Michael Deas in front of his painting, The Memory of Things Done and Said (oil on panel, 49.5 x 34.5", 2015–2017), photographed by Thom Bennett
Born
Michael J. Deas

Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationPratt Institute
Occupation(s)Painter, illustrator, instructor
Years active1980–Present
Known forPainting, illustrating, teaching
AwardsSociety of Illustrators' Hamilton King Award (2004)

Michael J. Deas (born 1956) is an American realist painter and illustrator whose work is known for both its technical skill and "a growing sense of grace and serenity".

US Postal Service, including likenesses of Tennessee Williams (1995), Marilyn Monroe (1995), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996), Meriwether Lewis (2004), George H. W. Bush (2019) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2023). Other notable works include the US poster for Werner Herzog's film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, and the cover art for the 20th-anniversary edition of Anne Rice's book, Interview with the Vampire. His most recognizable work is his luminous redesign of the Columbia Pictures logo, painted [with oils] in 1991 and in continuous use since that time.[3]

The Letter (oil on panel, 22 x 16", 1993)

Deas' work has been awarded seven medals from the

Chiat/Day.[5]

Deas' paintings have been exhibited at The

Historic Mount Vernon, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Historic New Orleans Collection
.

In 2012–2013, forty of his original illustrations and personal works were the subject of a solo exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in 2012.[6]

Between 1985 and 1988 Deas was an instructor at the

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore and was instrumental in identifying a Poe daguerreotype, stolen from the Hampden-Booth Theatre Library, that appeared on Antiques Roadshow.[8]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ LaNasa, Marion (January 1, 1998). Communication Arts (Vol. 40, No. 5, Sept-Oct 1998 ed.). Coyne & Blanchard. pp. 64–73.
  2. ISBN 978-0823025237
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  3. ^ Sumrall, Bradley (October 2, 2017). "Michael Deas". 64 Parishes. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Michael J. Deas". Art of the Stamp. National Postal Museum. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Holtz, Sarah (July 19, 2019). "The Torch Lady: A Silver Screen Icon, Reborn in the Quarter". WWNO.
  6. ^ MacCash, Doug (October 2, 2012). "Michael J. Deas at the Ogden is the Art For Arts' Sake show not to miss". The Times Picayune. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Bookshelf - the Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe (1989) - Title and Contents".
  8. ^ Crafton, Luke (September 2, 2005). "The Purloined Portrait: Tracing Poe's Disappearing Daguerreotype". Antiques Roadshow. PBS. Archived from the original on December 18, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

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