William H. Bailey (artist)
William H. Bailey (November 17, 1930 – April 13, 2020)[1] was an American artist and university professor. He was the Kingman Brewster Professor Emeritus of Art at Yale University.[2] He is best known as a contemporary realist painter.[3]
Early life
Bailey was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa.[4]
He studied from 1948 to 1951 at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas.[4]
His student days were interrupted from 1951 to 1953. Bailey was a sergeant in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He served in Japan and Korea.[4]
After his army days were over, he earned a B.F.A. (1955) and an M.F.A. (1957) at Yale.[4] He studied with Josef Albers.[2]
Career
Bailey's career as a working artist developed over time. He was best known as a figurative painter whose work is in major collections, including the
He was a professor of art at Yale from 1969 to 1995.[2] Bailey died in 2020, at the age of 89.[5]
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Bailey, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 40+ works in 60+ publications in 5 languages and 2,100 library holdings.[6]
- William Bailey: studio fictions (1999)
- William Bailey: peintures et dessins (2001)
- William Bailey on paper (2006)
References
- ^ Betty Cuningham Gallery
- ^ a b c d Baker, Doris. "The ‘made up’ world of artist William Bailey," Yale News, December 10, 2010; retrieved 2013-4-19.
- ^ "WIlliam Bailey" at Artcyclopedia.com; retrieved 2013-4-19.
- ^ a b c d "William H. Bailey" at artnet.com; retrieved 2013-4-19.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Bailey, William 1930–
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