Seymour Boardman was an artist who expressed his direct experience and willingness to take risks in the pursuit of ambitious painting.
14 Facts About Seymour Boardman
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Seymour Boardman's work stands alone because it derives from the Romantic landscape previously articulated by Avery and early Rothko and later developed into almost hard-edged painting.
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Seymour Boardman's canvas remains flat because of its right-angled edges, but the color planes often seem to bend and twist in space.
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Seymour Boardman served in the United States Air Force from 1942 to 1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand.
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Seymour Boardman's work became more abstract but still based on figure and landscape.
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Seymour Boardman returned to New York in 1949 and went to the Art Students League.
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Seymour Boardman continued to paint dark, moody paintings using a limited palette of black, white, grey, and an occasional additional color.
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Seymour Boardman began to acquire recognition in the 1950s with his paintings of griddled facets seen as if through a frosted glass, without any crisp lines, and in bright colors favoring reds.
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Seymour Boardman's friends included Lawrence Calcagno, Perez Celis, John Hultberg, Burt Hasen, Frank Lobdell, Richards Ruben, Robert Ryman and Nassos Daphnis.
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Seymour Boardman continued to work that way during the 1970s.
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Since the mid-1980s, Seymour Boardman has exhibited his work at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in several one-person and group shows.
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Seymour Boardman died on October 3,2005 at the age of 84.
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Seymour Boardman was recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Award.
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VIDEO DOCUMENTATION Seymour Boardman, produced and directed by Bill Page, Channel 16.