John Walter Stephan (1906–1995) was an American painter in the Hard-edge style. His magazine The Tigers Eye was widely read and is considered a lastingly influential magazine of art and literature. He was a contemporary and friends with such notable artists as Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and William Baziotes
Early life
John Stephan was born in Maywood, Illinois to a father who was a dentist and a mother who was a nurse, and his family moved to Chicago in 1917 he attended the University of Illinois and later the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an Art Instructor at Jane Addams Hull House, in Chicago and later was a Draftsman, at Western Electric in Chicago. His first solo exhibition was in 1931 with many other solo and group exhibitions of note.
Personal life
He was married to Ruth Walgreen, than Ruth Stephan, who was the daughter of Walgreens founder Charles Rudolph Walgreen.
Notable exhibitions
9th Street Art Exhibition
Notable collections
Yale University Art Gallery
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rose Art Museum
References
External links
Interview with John Stephan, ca. 1987 from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art John Stephan Biography, Wyeth Alexander galleries John Stephan Biography, Rhode Island international film festival Askart.com information