Antique Fine Art, Arms&Armor, Sept. 21st 2024
Lot 4199:
John Axton (American, b. 1947) "Forest Eclipse" acrylic on board.Signed Axton (center bottom)43 1/2" x 39 1/2" image, framed 45 1/4" x 41 1/4".John Axton uses simple, dramatic, often haunting imagery. His minimal horizons, even a single marble – are intended to draw the viewer into the canvas to peacefully contemplate the fusion of reality and imagination. Axton was awarded a "Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award" by his alma mater, Southern Illinois University in 1988 when they established a summer arts program in his name.His inclusion in "Covering the West", the prestigious traveling exhibition curated by the editors of Southwest Art magazine in 1996, introduced Axton’s art to visitors of the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK , the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO.Axton has exhibited in several group museum shows including the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York, the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, the McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX, and the Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA. His work is in the permanent collections of the Pratt Museum in New York and The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.Education: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Professional Data1983 Pratt Museum, New York, NY – Las Trampas, lithograph, permanent collection1984 Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, oil on canvas, permanent collection1984 McNay Museum, San Antonio TX – Group Show1984-85 Collective Artists Traveling exhibit, "Art and the Law", St. Paul, MN1985 Chosen as poster artist for Denver Center for the Performing Arts1986 Cover Illustration for the album of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra "Symphony No. 9 from the New World" by Dvorak1986 Denver Art Museum Group Show – Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO1986 Chosen as poster artist for Denver Center for the Performing Arts1988 Awarded the outstanding Alumni Achievement Award by the Southern Illinois University College of Technical Careers, Carbondale, IL1989 Southern Illinois University Press published book titled Axton1989 Southern Illinois University "John Axton Institute", Held in Carbondale, IL1991 Collection of 20 Works donated to permanent collection of Siu1994 The Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY Group Exhibit1994 Philadelphia Museum Group Exhibit1994 Phoenix Art Museum – original drawing donated for auction1995-96 Covering the West, The Best of SW Art, Traveling Exhibition2000-2004 The other side of The West, Traveling Exhibition, Desert Caballeros, Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix AZ, The Phipen Museum, Prescott, AZ, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, Colorado Springs, CO, Grace Museum, Abilene TX, MSC Forsyth Center Galleries, College Station, TX, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX~~.
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