View 'Duck-A-Rama' and more in December Nov 30, 2008
A handful of shows including work by Theophilus Brown and Elmer Bischoff, Bay Area Figurative Movement artists who depict real people or objects. The museum is at 2233 N. First St.The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, at Van Ness Avenue and Calaveras Street, is back after being closed for more than three years for major renovation. (Fresno Bee)
Art museum turns its eye to winter with shows Nov 20, 2008
Kim Eagles-Smith will talk about Northern California figurative art at 4 p.m.Every Thursday Evening: The Drawings of Frank Lobdell, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown -- Lobdell, a premier abstract artist, and other artists began meeting for Thursday night drawing sessions, starting in the 1950s. Paintings by Bruce McGaw -- This installation presents 12 large paintings from his recent show at the San Francisco Art Institute. (Fresno Bee)
Read Indepth Article Feb 29, 2008
She studied painting at UC Berkeley and later at the San Francisco Art Institute under Joan Brown, Elmer Bischoff and Richard Diebenkorn. She lives in San Francisco where she has been painting, exhibiting and teaching. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mansion gets extreme makeover Apr 29, 2007
" Known as the chintz girl for her tendency to accessorize, she checked herself and decked out the room in chocolate brown and raspberry with objects that bespeak the ease with which people of means can make a room reflect their dreams and desires. White damask sofa and chairs, an 18th century chinoiserie German secretary and a Swedish rococo table are weighty pieces balanced by a contemporary bronze sculpture of an elongated woman and a large tufted ottoman in a floral abstract fabric. The... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paul Spencer: The Entropics Feb 9, 2007
He was born in Milwaukee, studied at the University of Wisconsin and finally attended art school in San Francisco under such teachers as Clyfford Still, David Park and Elmer Bischoff. Still had the most profound influence and this is revealing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
