John Tweddle (American, 1938-2022)

The seller of this painting (Local artist Orlan Hill) met John Tweddle while John was a student at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1960.

John and Orlan were participating in a project for the American Institute of Biological Services, creating artwork for biology films. After his classes at the institute each day, John and Orlan would work on the project which was in the Calvin Communication building at Truman and Troost.

John was getting ready to move out of the area after finishing school and traded the two paintings being sold in this auction for one of Orlan Hills paintings.

John and Orlan would also play chess on their lunch breaks. The handmade chess set in this auction was crafted by John Tweedle and given to Orlan as a gift.

These very early paintings and the chess set have been in Orlan Hills possession since that time and are now being offered for the first time.

Artist Biography

1938

Born: Pinckneyville, KY

1958–1962

Studied at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

1967

Awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Grant for painting

1966–1968

Studied at Atlanta School of Art, Atlanta, GA

1985

Awarded the Robert C. Scull Foundation for the Arts Grant

1986

Awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Awarded the Pollock- Krasner Foundation Grant

Exhibitions

2014

Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles (solo)
Kayne Griffin Corcoran Gallery, Independent Projects Fair, New York, NY

2009

Works on Paper from the Scull Collection 1966-1973, The Mayor Gallery, London (solo)

2004

Strehlgasse 20, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

2000

Studio Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico (solo)

1999

Tribute to Robert Scull, Retrospective at P.S.1, New York, NY (solo)

1995

Studio Show, Atlanta, GA (solo)

1994

Studio Show, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta (solo)

1992

Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

1991

30 Year Retrospective, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, GA (solo)
Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Center for Fine Arts, Miami, FL

1987

Texas Artists, James Corcoran Gallery, New York, NY
Texas Artists, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1986

Gallery Collection, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1985

Caroline Lee Gallery, San Antonio, TX (solo)
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
Texas Currents, S.A. ARt Institute, San Antonio, TX
Group Show, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1984

Landscape Painter, Ducal Palace (grand opening), Gubbio, Italy
New Narrative Painters, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

1983

Blum Helman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Recent Acquisitions, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

1980

Image into Painting, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., P.S.1 New York, NY

1976

Solway Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

1975

Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (solo)

1974

Walter Kelly Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1973

James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angles, CA (solo)
The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Movers: New Artists, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

1972

LoGuidice Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Contemporary American Artist, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

1971

The Hellman Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Contemporary American Drawing,” French and Co. Inc. New York, NY

1970

David Whitney Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Summer Exhibition of painting and Sculpture, French and Co. Inc. New York, NY

1969

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Arp to Artschwager, 3rd Annual Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York, NY

1968

Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
NEA Grants to Southwest Artists, Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX

1967

Illien Gallery, Atlanta, (solo)
Clark College, Atlanta (solo)

1966

14th Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)

1965

Judith Alexander Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)

1964

Adair Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)

1963

State Line Gallery, Kansas City, MO (solo)

Biography Source – (Artnet)

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