Jasper Jones is a renowned artist who is distinguished by his work in a wide variety of genres, including the most modern. On his account there are many paintings and sculptures, some of them became famous all over the world.
Biography
The future art figure was born at the very beginning of the 30s in the US state of Georgia. Almost immediately after the birth of the child, Jasper's parents divorced, and the boy stayed with his mother, with whom he changed his place of residence and began to live in the southern United States.
In his native land of Jones, there were practically no specialized educational institutions of the painting direction, and people did not even take the profession of an artist seriously. At the end of the 40s, the young man made an attempt to study art in his hometown. A few months later I decided to move to New York and entered the same direction.
In a new city for himself, Jasper began to rapidly immerse himself in the visual arts, came to various events on this topic. He studied in the "Design" direction for exactly six months, then decided to quit his education and go to the army of the United States of America. Two years later he returned to the "second capital" and found many new connections in the field of painting. One of the key personalities in Jones' professional development was Robert Rauschenberg. It was he who introduced the young artist to the highest circle of artists.
Creation
The most popular were some of the first works of the famous artist. In the early 1950s, Jones painted one of the most iconic works of art of the 20th century, The Flag. Many predicted failure for the newly minted artist. One of the main charges was incitement to hatred of their own country. According to the "creator" himself, he saw the idea of this canvas in a dream and immediately started writing. Subsequently, this painting made a great contribution to the development of painting in the United States.
In addition to "Flag", Jasper is the author of a large number of interpretations of number forms, that is, he portrayed the usual numbers with a creative approach. One of the hallmarks of a successful artist is a non-standard approach to standard things, he depicts many meanings of one subject.
Since 1965, Jones took up the sculptural direction. Some of the favorite areas were all the same everyday things that an ordinary person does not attach importance to. These were household items such as chairs, vases and pieces of furniture.
Contemporary activities
A quarrel with his best friend Robert, who brought Jasper to the world of art, unsettled the writer of paintings, and he closed in on himself. In the 90s of the last century, he practically did not appear in public.
In 2013, the public remembered the old artist, but not because of the high-quality paintings, but because there was a scandal over the theft of more than two dozen new works from Jones. The famous artist reported to the police and did not allow the stolen canvases to be sold. At the moment, he practically does not please his audience with new creativity and lives quietly in his studio outside the city.
