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George TookerWW-1984-089317

John L. Severance Fund

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Year
1984

Artist

George Tooker
George Tooker

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George Tooker was an American painter known for his tempera works depicting urban isolation and psychological unease in postwar American life. His compositions feature flattened perspectives, muted palettes, and crowded figures engaged in mundane transactions or suspended in states of anxious waiting. Working primarily in egg tempera on gessoed panels, Tooker created a distinctive visual language that combined the precision of Renaissance technique with the alienation of mid-twentieth-century metropolitan experience. His paintings merge realist subject matter with formal distortion, producing scenes that feel both observational and deeply uncanny.

Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Sleepers

1959 · Pencil on paper

WW-1959-M106579

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1984
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WW-1984-089317

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cleveland
Status
verified

Artist

George Tooker

George Tooker

Painting

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