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George Schneeman (March 11, 1934 – January 27, 2009) was an American painter who lived in Tuscany, Italy, and New York City. == Life and work == George Schneeman was born on March 11, 1934 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature from St Mary’s College, Winona, Minnesota, and then began graduate work in English Literature at the University of Minnesota.〔(''George Schneeman'', Cue Art Foundation, 2003)〕 He then enlisted in the army. Having shown an aptitude for languages, he was posted to Verona, Italy. The following excerpt is from an autobiographical statement Schneeman wrote in 2007 on the occasion of an exhibition at the ''Instituto Italiano di Cultura'': In 1966, when it came time to decide whether our three boys were going to grow up as Americans or Tuscan peasants, we moved to New York City, where we have lived ever since.〔(George Schneeman, "Autobiographical Statement" ''George Schneeman in Italy'', Instituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco 2011, p. 6)〕 In Italy, Schneeman had meet Renzo Sommaruga, a well known italian artist who lived in Verona and with which was born a deep and lasting friendship and who whom he shared the passion for painting and poetry. He also had meet two young New York writers, Peter Schjeldahl and Ron Padgett. On his move to New York City, Schneeman immediately became part of a group of poets centered around the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery and began to work extensively with them, painting many portraits of these poets, producing flyers for their readings, covers for their books and collaborating with them extensively. Schneeman is known for being one of the most prolific collaborators in a milieu frequently characterized by its collaborative spirit; over approximately forty years, he collaborated on hundreds of pieces of art with, amongst others, Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Fagin, Dick Gallup, Michael Brownstein, Lewis MacAdams, Alice Notley, Bill Berkson, Tom Clark, Steve Katz, Ted Greenwald and Lewis Warsh. Many of these collaborations were documented in ''Painter Among Poets: The Collaborative Art of George Schneeman'', edited by Ron Padgett (Granary Books, 2004). Scheenman's artwork has been featured on ''Comes Through in the Call Hold'', a recording with Clark Coolidge, Anne Waldman, and Thurston Moore, released by Fast Speaking Music. 〔http://www.annewaldman.org/comes-through-in-the-call-hold/〕 In the 1970s, Schneeman turned to fresco painting, which he had learned in Italy, and in the 1980s, he began to paint on ceramics, eventually learning to throw and slip-cast his own ceramics. From the late 1990s onwards, he spent part of the year in Tuscany, Italy, where he began to paint landscapes once again. Schneeman died of heart failure on January 27, 2009.〔(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/arts/design/31schneeman.html)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Schneeman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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