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Local artist recalls Pollock, Cézanne influences and 1958 Lewistown bank mural
Summary
A resident artist described how the local landscape and artists Jackson Pollock and Paul Cézanne shaped his work, recounted painting a 4-foot-by-36-foot mural of snowy mountains for a Lewistown bank in 1958–59, and explained his techniques using cattle markers and pencil finishes.
Commenter, an artist and resident, described how the local landscape shaped his work and recounted painting a 4-foot-by-36-foot mural of snowy mountains for a Lewistown bank in 1958–59.
The speaker said the landscape — “rocks and hillsides and bushes and a few pine trees” — influenced his art and credited Jackson Pollock and Paul Cézanne as important influences. “Because these are these forms, I was born and raised with these forms. And thank God that Jackson Pollock came along and exposed me to them,” the speaker said.
The artist framed his approach as rooted in…
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