10 Facts About Peter Saul

Peter Saul was born on August 16,1934 and is an American painter.

Peter Saul's work has connections with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism.

Peter Saul was born in San Francisco, California, and studied at the California School of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1952 and at Washington University in St Louis from 1952 to 1956 before moving to Europe where he remained until 1964.

Peter Saul was quickly classified as a Pop artist, albeit one with “too much paint”.

In 1964 Peter Saul returned to the United States and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area where he lived for eleven years.

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Peter Saul was loosely affiliated with other Bay Area artists and participated in the 1967 Funk show.

Peter Saul spent the 1980s and 90s in Austin, Texas where he taught at the University of Texas.

Peter Saul's work has often been independent of specific art movements and thus he "has spent a lifetime avoiding easy critical definition".

In 2020, Peter Saul had his first New York museum survey at the New Museum.

In 2010 Peter Saul was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.