Front Porch Therapy, John L. Newman

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John L. Newman, Front Porch Therapy
John L. Newman, Front Porch Therapy
John L. Newman
Front Porch Therapy
1987
John L. Newman
1948–2022
Front Porch Therapy, 1987
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: acrylic; canvas
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 1943 x 2115 mm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 76 1/2 x 83 1/4 in
Credit line: Bequest of Richard M. Hollander
Accession number: 1991.0164
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Big Stuff: Contemporary Art from the Collection," Jun-1998 John Newman has a BA and MFA from the University of Kansas and now teaches at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Front Porch Therapy, painted the same year Newman left the Kansas City area, depicts a group of people on a porch. Newman’s subjects are people he knows. He paints them broadly so that the luscious texture and color of the paint contrast to what he describes as his somewhat chaotic subjects and sad situations.

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