Frank Stout (artist)
Frank Stout was an American figurative artist associated with postabstract expressionist realism. He is best known for his psychologically penetrating, witty and deeply compassionate portraits of individuals and large groups, and soulful landscapes executed with a painterly technique. He is also known for flowing figure sculpture in a variety of media, and his pastel drawings.
Frank Stout was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1926. After a stint in navy training, he won a place at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on the G.I. Bill . He married Constance Lyle in 1951, and moved to New York. As well as fulltime painting, he did drafting work for architects I.M. Pei amp Associates, a skill later enabling him to design his own modernist home in Vermont. He travelled to Peru in 1954, invited to exhibit at the Society of Architects, and was awarded a commission from the American Embassy in Lima. On returning to Manhattan, Constance died. Stout married Chaewoon Koh, in 1960, and an only child was born, both of whom appear as portrait subjects throughout his career.
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