Robert Lostutter | |
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| Born | 1939 (age 86–87) Emporia, KS |
| Known for | Painting |
Robert Lostutter (born 1939) is aChicago-basedartist. He was a member of theChicago Imagists, a breakaway group of surrealist iconoclasts from theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago who showed in theHyde Park Art Center in 1969 and later.
Lostutter has stated that his human-bird hybrids, painted in meticulous water colors, are self-portraits that express the idea that people share traits with birds.[1] While painting, Lostutter works from light to dark and then recreates the image dark to light.[1] He will repeat this process two to three times to reach this ideal look. These paintings would sometimes be accompanied by a poem of his that enforces the meanings behind them.[2]
His artwork was inspired by the works of artists such asRichard Lindner and his teacher at theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago,John Rogers Cox.[3] He produced a series based on the works from printmakerToyohara Kunichika. He got the inspiration from seeing his prints being used as wrapping papers in a shipping container he received.[4] Birds were a source of inspiration for Lostutter, which stemmed from his experiences with his grandfather and from different tropical birds he saw on a trip to Mexico in the 1970s.[5]
In 1964 Lostutter illustrated "The Things That Are", a book of poems for children byAdrien Stoutenburg, published by theReilly & Lee Company of Chicago.
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