| DOUGLAS FENN WILSON
Born: 1953, Orinda, California
EDUCATION
B.A. Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, 1975
AWARDS
The American Artist Watercolor Prize, 1986
Dartmouth General Fellowship for Painting Abroad, 1979
Marcus Hieman Achievement Award, 1975
Marcus Hieman Project Grant, 1975
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Achenbach Foundation), San
Francisco, California
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tucson Art Museum, Tucson Arizona
The Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona |
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ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
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| 2004 |
University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee,
“Recent Sculptural Paintings and Portraits” |
| 1991 |
Marathon Plaza, San Francisco, California,
"Large Scale Constructed Paintings" |
| 1986 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"Paintings, Sculpture and Furniture" |
| 1984 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"New Work" |
| 1982 |
Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York |
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John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1981 |
Butcher and More Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
"Constructed Paintings" |
| 1980 |
Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Constructed
Watercolors & Pastels" |
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John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"Constructed Paintings, San Francisco Architecture" |
| 1979 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"Recent Work" |
| 1977 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"New Constructions" |
| 1976 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"Watercolors, Pastels, & Oils" |
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Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts,
"30 Watercolors & Pastels" |
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, "20
Watercolors & Pastels" |
| 1975 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California,
"30 Watercolors" |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2001 |
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. "Three
Artists; Three Visions" Douglas Fenn Wilson, |
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Brian Tedrick, Morley Clark |
| 2000 |
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. "The
Art of the Wine Label" |
| 1999 |
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. "Sonoma
Valley Collects" |
| 1996 |
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona,
A Gift of Vision: The William A. & Susan S. Small Collection |
| 1989 |
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
"The New/Old landscape" |
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John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1988 |
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1987 |
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri "Watercolor
USA,1987" |
| 1986 |
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois "The
Architectural Image in Contemporary American Realism." |
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John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California "American
Artist Award Winning Artists" |
| 1985 |
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1984 |
Dewey-Kofron Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1983 |
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, "Contemporary
Images" |
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McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas, "McNay
Art Institute Invitational" |
| 1977 |
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, "Recent Acquisitions" |
| 1973-75 |
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, "Annual
Student Exhibit" |
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| COLLECTIONS |
| Scudder, Stevens and Clark, Boston |
| Lochridge and Company, Boston |
| Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells, New York, New York |
| Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA. |
| Allmerica Finance, Worcester, MA. |
| Greenbaum & Greenbaum, Michigan |
| The Hibernia Bank, San Francisco, California |
| Tudor Investments, Boston |
| Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobs, Ohio |
| Madison Kipp Corporation, Wisconsin |
| State Street Research and Management, Boston, MA. |
| Itel Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Martin Oil Company, Denver, Colorado |
| Buckeye Petroleum, New Jersey |
| Pollyea and Associates, Los Angeles, California |
| Ashland Enterprises, Tucson, Arizona |
| Potlach Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Sprinkling Trust, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Hughes Tool Corporation, Houston, Texas |
| Butterfield Savings & Loan, Santa Ana, California |
| Dean Witter Reynolds, San Francisco, California |
| Criswell Development Corporation, Dallas, Texas |
| Bay West Development Corporation, San Francisco,
California |
| The Mackinaw Inn, Lake Tahoe, California |
| The Kenwood Restaurant, Kenwood, California |
| The Simpson Company, Oakland, California |
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| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Fried, Alexander, "In the Style of Japan's
Literati," San FranciscoExaminer, November 26, 1975,
p. 17. |
| Connor, Jean, "Douglas Fenn Wilson: Watercolors
& Pastels," Worcester Art Museum News, January 16,
1977. |
| Everett, Melinda, "Douglas Fenn Wilson: A
Gifted Young Artist," Living West, February 2, 1977. |
| Donker, Peter, "Museum Shows Work by Artist
of 23," Worcester Telegram, February 3, 1977, p. 27. |
| McGowan, Owen, "Douglas Fenn Wison: Interview,"
KQED News, July 24, 1978. |
| Heyman, Ann, "Douglas Fenn Wison at John Pence,"
Art Voices South, Review Section, July/August 1979. |
| Dickson, Joanne, "Romantic Realism and Geometric
Abstraction," Southwest Art, June, 1980, pp. 66-71. |
| Wilson, Wendy, "Viewing Art," New
Mexican, June, 1980. |
| Stowens, Susan, "Our Tour in San Francisco,"
American Artist, April, 1981, p. 69. |
| Harrington, Beverly, Contemporary Images
(catalogue), University of Wisconsin/Allan Priebe Gallery, April
7 - |
May 12, 1983, Image 56. |
| Kaplan, Fredy, "A Portfolio of Regional Landscapes,"
American Artist, February, 1984, p.57. |
| Zevitas, Steven ed. "Douglas Fenn Wilson"
pp 106-7, New American Paintings, Volume VI, Spring, 1996,
Open |
Studios Press, Needham, MA. |
| Doherty, Steven, "Douglas Fenn Wilson, Adding
an Extra Dimension to Painting", American Artist, October,
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1986, p. 68 |
| Zevitas, Steven ed. "Douglas Fenn Wilson"
pp 106-7, New American Paintings, Volume VI, Spring, 1996,
Open |
Studios Press, Needham, MA. |
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