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Kenneth Victor Young (1933–2017), was an American artist, educator, and designer. He is associated with the Washington Color School art movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He worked at the Smithsonian Institution as an exhibit designer for 35 years.
Biography. Kenneth Victor Young in front of Red Dance, National Gallery of Art. Kenneth Victor Young (1933-2017) had a far-reaching career as an artist, teacher, and museum professional. After studying physics and earning his B.S. in Fine Art from the University of Louisville, where he met fellow student Sam Gilliam, he moved to Washington, D.C ...
Artist. Kenneth Victor Young. born Louisville, KY 1933-died Washington, DC 2017 ... Ken Young; Kenneth Young; Born Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- December 12, 1933
- March 23, 2017
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Kenneth Victor Young (1933-2017) is known for his abstract forms with washed acrylics on unprimed canvas. Initially part of an artistic circle at the University of Louisville that included Sam Gilliam and Bob Thompson, Young became associated with Washington Color School painters such as Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, and Howard...
May 10, 2018 · Kenneth Victor Young. Riot, 1969. Bethesda Fine Art. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Yung pushed the formal boundaries of color painting while invoking a wide range of sources and allusions. Hs works referred to beauty found in nature, the history of art, and the politics of the civil rights era. He used diluted acrylic pigments on raw ...
Apr 20, 2021 · Kenneth Victor Young (1933-2017) had a far-reaching career as an artist, teacher, and museum professional. After earning his bachelor’s degree in fine art from the University of Louisville in 1962, Young moved to Washington, D.C. and taught at the Duke Ellington School and the Corcoran School of Art.
