Hand Crafted Chess Pieces by Artist John Tweddle (American, 1938-2022)
John Tweddle (American, 1938-2022)
The seller of this chess set (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 and Orlan would also play chess on their lunch breaks. The handmade chess set was hand crafted by John Tweedle and given to Orlan as a gift.
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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