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Biography

Jack StuppinJack Stuppin is a graduate of Columbia College, NY and studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. He was for many years a member of The Sonoma Four, a group well-known for their en pleine air landscape painting. He resides in Sonoma County, California.

Jack has exhibited nationally in many solo and group shows. His paintings are held in public collections around the country.

Essays and reviews about his work have been written by recognized critics and art historians including Kenneth Baker, John Fitz Gibbon, Philip Linhares, Donald Kuspit, Miriam Roberts, Peter Selz, and Mark Van Proyen.
Publications and Reviews:

Karlstrom, Paul & Landauer, Susan.
SELZ, B. Sakata Garo
November, 2007

Van Proyen, Mark.
Tectonic Visions, B. Sakata Garo
March, 2007

Dalkey, Victoria.
Lay of the Land, The Sacramento Bee
March, 2007

Earth Moves, News and Reviews, Sacramento, CA
March, 2007

Nugent, Bob.
Imagery, Art for Wine, The Wine Appreciation Guild, San Francisco, CA
2005

Dalkey, Victoria.
Critic’s Pick, The Sacramento Bee
February, 2004

Frank, Peter.
Sensual Landscapes, B. Sakata Garo
February, 2004

Mays, Verna.
Jack Stuppin Abode, The Press Democrat
April, 2002

Smith, Toby.
Where Land Meets Art, The Muse, Sonoma County Museum
April, 2002

Van Proyen, Mark.
Enchanted Landings, Where Land Meets Art, Sonoma County Museum
2002

Selz, Peter. Jack Stuppin: Sonoma Landscapes
2001

Sonoma State University, Catalog, 2001–2002
Cover Illustrations, Rohnert Park, CA
June, 2000

Dalkey, Victoria.
Varied Ground, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
June, 2000

Roberts, Miriam.
En Plein Air: Jack Stuppin in New Mexico
2000

Peterson, Diane.
Art from the Open Space, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA
February, 1999

Snyder, George.
Open Spaces, San Francisco Chronicle
February, 1999

Peterson, Diane.
Stuppin-Dous: Visions, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA
June, 1998

Giles, Gretchen.
Sonoma One, Indy Art Award, The Independent, Santa Rosa, CA
June, 1998

Kuspit, Donald.
At the Edge of the World, Landscapes by Jack Stuppin, Columbia University
1998

Van Proyen, Mark.
Offshore, at the Academy of Science, Artweek
November, 1997

Snyder, George.
Farallon Paintings, San Francisco Chronicle
September, 1997

Linhares, Philip.
OFFSHORE, Paintings of the Farallones, California Academy of Sciences
1997

Selz, Peter.
En Plein Air at the Farallones, California Academy of Sciences
1997

Fitz Gibbon, John.
Barmecide Feast
1996

Roche, Harry.
Critic’s Choice, Art, San Francisco Bay Guardian
November, 1995

Sonoma Two, Marin Independent Journal
October, 1995

Giles, Gretchen.
Sonoma One, The Independent, Santa Rosa, CA
September, 1995

Fitz Gibbon, John.
William Morehouse Memorial Exhibition
February, 1995

Van Proyen, Mark.
Figurative Works, 1965–1995, Ebert Gallery
1995

Van Proyen, Mark.
Air Traditioning, Visions
Summer, 1993

Celulski, Frank.
Artweek, Vol. 23, No. 26
October, 1992

LeBaron, Gaye.
Sonoma Four, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA
September, 1992

Zimmer, William.
Dialogue, Visions
Spring, 1992

Linhares, Philip.
En Plein Air, John Berggruen Gallery
1992

Baker, Kenneth.
San Francisco Chronicle
November, 1991

Van Proyen, Mark.
Open Air Painting, Artweek, Vol. 22, No. 38
November, 1991

Fitz Gibbon, John.
Open Air Painting, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1991

Jack was born in Yonkers, NY, in 1933. For a more personal view, read his wife’s poem, my man.


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