Havasu Creek
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Synopsis"Havasu Creek" George Quaintance 1948Â 8x10 GEORGE QUAINTANCE was born in the village of Alma, Virginia, in 1902. At the age of eighteen, he moved to New York to study drawing and painting at the Art Students League. After graduation, he worked for advertisement firms and as a portrait artist for wealthy women. He then pursued a diversified a career in ballet, coiffure design, and photography, serving as hairstylist for Hollywood stars like Gloria Swanson. |
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"Havasu Creek" George Quaintance 1948Â 8x10
GEORGE QUAINTANCE was born in the village of Alma, Virginia, in 1902. At the age of eighteen, he moved to New York to study drawing and painting at the Art Students League. After graduation, he worked for advertisement firms and as a portrait artist for wealthy women. He then pursued a diversified a career in ballet, coiffure design, and photography, serving as hairstylist for Hollywood stars like Gloria Swanson. In 1946 Quaintance worked on staff as art director and wrote articles for the magazines “Your Physique†and “Muscle Power†for the later to be body building and fitness king Joe Weider.
The artist moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1948 to specialize in painting and photographing male athletes for popular physique magazines, first working with fitness gurus like Joe Bonomo. In the early 1950s, he set up his own studio in Phoenix, Arizona, where he created the works of male figurative art he is best known for today. His lover, Eduardo, served as a model for many of his famous matador paintings. George Quaintance died of a heart attack in 1957.
Themes in Quaintance's life and art include: the lack of belonging as a child; the isolation of the artist; and the value of solitude; the dream world settings; and the depiction of beautiful masculine archetypes. Quaintance did not use professional models, which corresponds with his romantic ethos of the artist being faithful to “natural†beauty. Quaintance's other contribution to the development of gay masculine iconic imagery is even more concrete and long-lasting: making those tight Levis and boots (cowboy and engineer) “an art form,†but also helping to establish that look as a fashion statement for all guys. See the blog on our Web site entitled “Quaintance: A Gay Renaissance Man†for a detailed analysis of some of his photography and artwork.
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