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10 Facts About Ron Linden

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Ron Linden attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Ron Linden worked as a scenic artist in the Hollywood film industry for 25 years.

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Ron Linden helped establish artist communities in Pasadena, downtown Los Angeles and San Pedro, California.

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In 1978, Ron Linden received the individual artist's grant in painting from National Endowment for the Arts.

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Precious objects are precious objects and my personal preferences from Diebenkorn 1945, to Ron Linden 1975 means the same thing; the works resemble each other closely, only Ron Linden's a little more loose in technique and tighter in concept.

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Mr Ron Linden's gift is that brainy impatience doesn't quell a fractured and elusive poetry - if anything it engenders it.

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Early in his career Ron Linden was highly influenced by other contemporary artists in his sphere.

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The abstract expressionism of Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, the neo-dadaist Jasper Johns, and in particular Richard Diebenkorn, permeates the minimalist style that Ron Linden is known for.

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Artweek Magazine wrote that Ron Linden's work has been compared to Diebenkorn to the extent that the work of both artists is both intellectual and emotional.

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Ron Linden cites Philip Glass, Brian Eno, John Cale, Frank Zappa, and Don Van Vliet as influences.