Garman, Ed

Ed Garman was a Painter of New Mexico and California. Garman became one of the chief spokespersons for the Transcendental Painting Group and has written a historical art study of member Raymond Jonson's work.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ed Garman, 1998 Mar. 25-30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401353

Painter, writer, and member of Transcendental Painting Group. Born 1914.

From the description of A position paper directed to revitalizing a fine modern tradition / by Ed Garman. 1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355176

Painter; New Mexico and California. Garman became one of the chief spokespersons for the Transcendental Painting Group and has written a historical art study of member Raymond Jonson's work.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ed Garman, 1998 Mar. 25-30 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81543362

Painter; Taos, N.M. and California.

Painter Ed Garman grew up in rural Pennsylvania, later studying theatre design at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. There he came in contact with Raymond Jonson, Emil Bisttram, Agnes Pelton, and William Lumpkins and joined them in an influential vanguard group of painters known as the Transcendental Painting Group (T.P.G.). He became one of the chief spokespersons, chronicler, and archivist for the group and wrote a definitive historical art study of Jonson<U+2019>s work. In an early trip to Mexico he encountered José Clemente Orozco, whose murals were influential for his own work. During his years in New Mexico, he painted in a non-objective style that was finding an audience in the 1930s Southwest and became involved with the broader arts community. He moved in 1946 to Southern California participated in the art activity of the Post-World War II era. Garman has remained an independent-minded artist working in a non-objective style for more than fifty years.

From the description of [Ed Garman autobiography] / by Ed Garman. 1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83211981