1958 Mixed Media Abstract Collage "#3" from the collection of Studio MGH

+ 2 images

1958 Mixed Media Abstract Collage "#3", c. 1958

Gouache, Sand, Paper

18 x 24 in

Signature: Signed in pencil lower right.

Inv: jsr3-1

James Spencer Russell (1915-2000) was born in Monticello, Indiana, but spent much of his life in New York City. He studied with Raymond Johnson at the University of New Mexico where he received his BFA, and with Donald Oenlenger at Yale University where he received his MFA.

Russell exhibited his work in New York City with the Ruth White Gallery at 42 East 57th Street. His first one-man exhibition with the gallery, "Constructions", ran from April 21 through May 16, 1964. The exhibition was reviewed in The New York Times by Brian O'Doherty, the preeminent New York art critic of the era.

Russell continued to exhibit all across the U.S. from 1961 to the 1990s, and was considered a pioneer of set design for conversion to color television, working at NBC Television in the 1950's. His one-man shows of watercolors and drawings resulted in the inclusion of pieces in the movies Midnight Cowboy and John and Mary.

An avid jazz fan, his work was on the cover of Chico Freeman's album titled Chico., and exhibited at the American Federation of the Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design and at Southern Illinois University before he retired to his hometown of Kewanna, Indiana.

Biography from Indiana State Museum

Email Facebook X LinkedIn Pinterest

From Studio MGH

Bill Shields

1989 "Rats" Pastel Abstract Drawing Acclaimed Illustrator Bill Shields, 1989

Oil pastel on paper

13 x 16 in
Unknown

Corium 00, 1986

Silkscreen/Charcoal

33.5 x 28 in
Jack Hooper

"Side Stretch Nude 3" 1984 Figure Gouache and Pastel American Modernist Jack Hooper, 1984

Gouache and pastel on paper

26 x 20 in
Jack Scott

Black Drawing, 1976

Charcoal on unstretched canvas

60.25 x 91.5 in
Frank J Bette

Female Nude Seated, c. 1975

Charcoal on Construction Paper

14 x 11 in
Myril Adler

1960s "Antique" Woodcut Portrait NY Artist Myril Adler, c. 1960

Mixed Media on Paper

5.75 x 3.5 in (paper)
Thelma Moody

Three Little Birds 25, c. 1960

Silkscreen

14 x 11.25 x 1 in
Gloria Dudfield

Abstract Bowl of Bananas, c. 1960

Gouache and Oil Pastel on paper

28 x 36 in

View All Artworks

Additional Artworks

1989 "Rats" Pastel Abstract Drawing Acclaimed Illustrator Bill Shields, 1989

Corium 00, 1986

"Side Stretch Nude 3" 1984 Figure Gouache and Pastel American Modernist Jack Hooper, 1984

Black Drawing, 1976

Female Nude Seated, c. 1975

1960s "Antique" Woodcut Portrait NY Artist Myril Adler, c. 1960

Three Little Birds 25, c. 1960

Abstract Bowl of Bananas, c. 1960