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John Wilde
1919–2006
WA-00048771
Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Recent Drawings U.S.A.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1956
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
About
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John Wilde was an American painter and printmaker whose self-portraits emerged from densely imaginative, fantastical landscapes that blended figuration with dreamlike spatial logic. Working primarily in Wisconsin, he developed a distinctive approach to Magic Realism and Surrealism, treating the self as both subject and vessel for psychological exploration. His work was included in MoMA's 'Recent Drawings U.S.A.' exhibition in 1956. Wilde taught at the University of Wisconsin. Madison for over three decades, establishing a lasting influence on regional artistic practice through his rigorous formal discipline and conceptual precision.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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