Calvin Maglinger

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name = Calvin Maglinger

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birthname = Calvin Maglinger
birthdate = Birth date and age|1924|12|5|mf=y
location = Owensboro, Kentucky

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nationality = American
field = painter
training = Kansas City Art Institute
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works = Foggy Morn
Dad Remembers
Water Street
Bon Harbor Hills
Falls of Rough
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Calvin Maglinger (b. December 5, 1924 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American fine-art painter.

Background

Calvin Maglinger is an American artist who specializes in historical, nature-based paintings. He is the oldest living sibling of two sisters and eight brothers. Now, residing in Evansville, Indiana with his wife Ruth, Maglinger continues to paint and publish books and devote time to his loving family including two sons, Stan and Paul.

More than twenty of Maglinger's limited edition paintings have had prints sold nationally. His regional art series, popularized in the 1980s, has been well received and has won wide acclaim. A recipient of numerous awards, the artist has been honored with one-man shows and his originals are in the collections of a number of midwest art patrons. Maglinger was given a special medallion from the Indiana State Museum for the painting "Foggy Morn." His painting "Quite Time," appeared on the "Artists of America" calendar in 1995 and he completed historical paintings of Ohio River for the Casino Aztar Evansville riverboat in 1999. He is also admired by and inspired many local Indiana artists including Evelyn Steinkuhl.

Although Maglinger is better known for his paintings, he has proven his capabilities in commercial art. He worked at the Evansville Courier & Press, a Scripps Howard newspaper, for 21 years as Art Director and for 12 years as manager of creative services for Texas Gas Transmission Corp.

Calvin's graphic art ranges from cartoons to rendering of court trials for newspapers and television. This, along with his paintings of wildlife, landscapes portraits and illustrations, reveal a diversity of talent.

Collections

The largest collection of Calvin Maglinger's original artwork is currently being held between the Indiana State Museum and Maglinger's sons. Calvin's grandson, artist Brad Maglinger, also holds numerous original sketches and paintings. Brad Maglinger currently distributes Calvin's remaining prints on several different Web sites.

History

After World War II, under the GI bill, Maglinger entered the Kansas City Art Institute. He received a diploma in Graphic Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He also holds a diploma in Commercial Art from the Famous Artist's School in Westport, Connecticut.

The Artist

Calvin Maglinger's paintings, at first glance completely realistic, delight both the viewer of the I-know-what-I-like school and the more sophisticated art patron.

His realism is of an attention to detail so as to give unusual depth to waterscapes and landscapes; tiny flowers bloom shyly on his hillsides and wheat stalks bend individually to a summer storm. The same meticulous capture of line and form, however, produces a three-dimensional surge of life caught on the wing, in one specific moment frozen for the viewer's leisurely absorption.

Publications

* "God's Mother-In-Law" (1999)
* "Cause the Bible Sez So!" (2006)

Notable Works

*Falls of Rough
*Bon Harbor Hills
*Sunday Morning
*Indiana Winter
*Foggy Morn
*Water Street
*Dad Remembers
*Delta Queen
*The Sidewheeler
*Going Home
*Audubon Park