Hunt Slonem
Globally renowned American artist, Hunt Slonem is famous for his distinctive neo-expressionist style and repeated imagery of nature. Infamous for having more than 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem clearly takes inspiration from his surroundings.
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Artist Hunt Slonem has garnered global acclaim for his painted depictions of butterflies, tropical birds, and breathtaking large-scale sculptures. Slonem's art is an embracement of the beauty of nature, which adds a nurturing, spiritual effect to his works.
Throughout this career, Hunt Slonem has established a unique style where he pushes simple forms against flat spaces of color, allowing his subjects to contrast quite starkly against the picture plane. The combination of expressive and textural brushstrokes is reminiscent of the German Expressionism movement and artists such as Ernst Ludwig and Henry Geldzahler, a mentor of Hunt Slonem.
Born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and raised in a Navy family, Slonem's love for travel and diverse cultures deeply influences his art. From childhood adventures in Hawaii, California, and Connecticut to studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico, Hunt Slonem's connection to tropical landscapes shapes his unique artistic vision.
With works showcased in the permanent collections of 250 museums worldwide, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, artist Hunt Slonem is continuing to stamp a permanent mark in contemporary art. Since the beginning of his career, Hunt Slonem has received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
