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- A talented draftsman, printmaker and painter, Messicks’s works were featured in countless exhibitions at important museums and galleries. He received numerous awards and was often considered to be one of the foremost members of the Los Angeles art community.
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He is best known for paintings and lithographs that captured southern California in the inter-war years when the film industry and industrial expansion transformed Los Angeles from sleepy backwater to cultural and commercial powerhouse.
Ben Messick. born Strafford, MO 1891-died Apple Valley, CA 1981 Born Strafford, Missouri, United States ...
Ben Messick (1901-1981) was a painter and educator in California. Provenance Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security ...
Ben Messick (1901-1981) Born: Strafford, MO; Studied: Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles); Member: California Art Club. Ben Messick was born in the Ozarks and spent his childhood there. When he was sixteen, he joined the armed forces and was sent to the European battle front.
Benjamin Newton Messick began his art career in Los Angeles after serving in the armed forces during World War I. He studied at Chouinard Art Institute with F. Tolles Chamberlin (1873-1961) from 1925 to 1932.
Ben Messick (1891-1981) is celebrated for his images of life in Los Angeles during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. He grew up in the Missouri Ozarks, served in France in World War I, studied at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles from 1925 to 1930, and later taught there.
