Forrest Bess

Forrest Bess

Forrest Bess (October 5, 1911 – November 11 1977) was a painter. Bess admired the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder and developed his own mystical minimalism. Bess's insistence on isolation in a trailer in a Texas swamp and elaborate theories on immortality through self-administered hermaphrodite surgery made him something of an outsider artist. His known work consists of only about 100 paintings, a number of which have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

References

* [http://www.forrestbess.org/article04.html "His Name Was Forrest Bess"] , by Michael Ennis, "Texas Monthly", June 1982
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DA1031F932A35756C0A96E948260&pagewanted=all Forrest Bess: Desire Ruled His Vision,"] , by Michael Brenson, "New York Times", May 1, 1988

External links

* [http://www.forrestbess.org/ Forrest Bess site] - contains a biography, paintings, articles and more information about the artist.


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