John Stephan

John Walter Stephan (1906–1995) was an American painter in the Hard-edge style.[1] His magazine The Tigers Eye was widely read and is considered a lastingly influential magazine of art and literature.[2] He was a contemporary and friends with such notable artists as Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and William Baziotes

John Walter Stephan
Circle number #5 by John Stephan
Born(1906-12-29)December 29, 1906
Chicago
DiedJuly 1, 1995(1995-07-01) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materArt Institute of Chicago
Known forOil painting, Mural
MovementAbstract Expressionism
Spouse(s)Ruth Walgreen Stephan Dart

Early life

John Stephan was born in Maywood, Illinois to a father who was a dentist and a mother who was a nurse, and his family moved to Chicago in 1917 he attended the University of Illinois and later the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Career

After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an Art Instructor at Jane Addams Hull House, in Chicago and later was a Draftsman, at Western Electric in Chicago. His first solo exhibition was in 1931 with many other solo and group exhibitions of note.

Personal life

He was married to Ruth Walgreen, than Ruth Stephan, who was the daughter of walgreens founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen.

Notable exhibitions

Notable collections

References
  1. "Tate Glossary, Hard-edge painting". Tate Glossary. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  2. "Yale bulletin, The Tigers Eye". Yale University. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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