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Comment: Doesn't meet WP:NARTIST. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 02:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Ken Keeley (1 April1934 - 4 Aug 2020) was a highly regarded photorealist artist and is most well known for his works of those depicting New York City buildings and outdoor newsstands.

Biography

Ken Keeley was born 1934 in Brooklyn, New York and painted his first oil painting at six years old. He was influenced by his godfather, James P. Barbarite who was an accomplished artist, a graduate of Cooper Union^[1]. He attended the School of industrial Arts in Manhattan and then enlisted in the Air Force and continued to paint at night and on the weekends. ^[2] After retiring from the Air Force in 1976, Ken continued to paint different type of subjects combining his experience and skill into painting large canvases with minute details. Living on Long Island, New York, he developed his personal style of realism that is now carrying over into other realms including nature and portraiture. However, it wasn't until 1980 that he started focusing on painting Newsstand images which he photographed in the New York City area with his 35mm camera. ^[3]

Work

Keeley's work focused on hyperrealistic paintings that often depict memorabilia, nostalgic scenes, and collections of objects. His artwork is celebrated for its detailed and vibrant depictions, capturing elements of pop culture and everyday life from his work in newsstands especially. In addition, it also has been featured in several television shows such as Grace Under Fire, Seinfeld and Mad About You^[3].^[4]

Articles

July, 1964-Springfield Union, Springfield, Massachusetts, "Favorite Painting"
August, 1985-Newsday, Long Island, New York, Art Review "Exploring The Origins Of Creative Effort" By Malcolm Preston
September, 1995-Long Island Advance, Long Island, New York, Window Panes "Superrealist Makes The Big Apple Super"
April, 1986-Sunstorm/Fine Art Magazine, "Is It Real…Or Is It A Keeley?"
October, 1986-Art Business News, New Editions "Treat Boutique"
March, 1987-Three Village Herald, Long Island, New York, "Enjoy The View At Soundview Art Gallery"
August, 1987-Art Business News "Soundview Grows"
Spring/Summer, 1987-The Greater New York Doctor Shopper, "Leo's Famous" Cover Illustration
October, 1987-Long Island Advance, Long Island, New York, "Medford Artist Paints A Clear Picture"
November, 1987-Town Topics, Princeton, New Jersey
November, 1987-Columns - Squibb Corporation
December, 1987-Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, "Art"
December, 1987-Time Off The Princeton Packet, Princeton, New Jersey, "Feasts"
December, 1987-Daily Record, Morristown, New Jersey, "A Holiday Feast At Squibb Gallery"
December, 1987-Currier News Bridgewater, New Jersey, "Gallery Offers Feast For The Eyes"
December, 1987-Home News, New Brunswick, New Jersey, "Art To Make Your Stomach Growl"
October, 1988-Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Scenes From Art Expo, California "Ken Keeley's Impressions Of A Filled Refrigerator" By Con Keyes
April, 1989-Sunstorm/Fine Art Magazine, "Ken Keeley Takes A Photorealistic Approach"
May, 1989-The Record, Suffolk County, New York "Making Art Out Of The Ordinary" By Jeanne Marie Schnupp
January, 1992-Boynton Beach Times "Is It Real?" By Colin Clark
January, 1992-The News "Photorealistic Exhibition Pleases Patricia Judith Audience"
March, 1992-Irish Echo, Florida Art Ken Keeley Art And Entertainment, "Painting The Apple Red" By Jim Fallon
May/June, 1992- US Art Magazine "Paperfree" Ken Keeley's-"Times Square, The South Side" By Camille Levre
Summer, 1992-Sunstorm/Fine Art: The Forbes Report By Victor B. Forbes
Winter, 1993-The Greater NY Doctor's Shopper, "Welcome To New York" Ken Keeley He's More Than Real "Sunstorm Fine Art"
April, 1994-Making Art News By Gary Schwan, "Palm Beach Post"
August, 1995-Art Juried Exhibit At The Boca Museum, Ken Keeley "Newsstand"
December, 1995-"Read All About It", Palm Beach Daily News
March, 1996- Art Business News Photorealism Sells Well
August, 1996-"The Florida Catholic", Ken Keeley's Art As Interesting As His Life
March, 1998-Sunstorm Fine Art, Spring, 1999-"Ken Keeley-Painter Of Time" Sunstorm Fine Art
Spring, 2000-"Ken Keeley Newsstands" Forbes Fine Art
Spring, 2001-"Memories That Linger" Forbes Fine Art
Spring, 2002-"Ken Keeley Stays The Course" Forbes Fine Art
Spring, 2004-Art Expo New York Cover Story
Spring, 2005-Forbes Sunstorm The Steady Hand Of Ken Keeley
2005-Yale University New Haven "On Common Ground"
2010-The Sun Sentinel, "Artist Three'

Television Credits

1991-Jackie Mason Show, Chicken Soup "100 Magazines"
1992-Herman's Head, "100 Magazines"
1992-Murder She Wrote, "New York Experienced"
1994-Grace Under Fire, "Newsstand"
1996-Seinfeld "Nathans"
1997-Mad About You "Newsstand"

References

^ "Mutual Art".
^ Forbes, Victor Bennet. "Ken Keeley: The Artist as a Historian". Fine Art Magazine (Spring 2015): 22–23.
^ ^a ^b Is It Real?. Cue Bee Publishing. 1993. ISBN 1883269032.
^ Schwan, Gary. "Making Art News". Palm Beach Post (April, 1994).

[1] "Mutual Art".

[2] Forbes, Victor Bennet. "Ken Keeley: The Artist as a Historian". Fine Art Magazine (Spring 2015): 22–23.

[:0-3] Is It Real?. Cue Bee Publishing. 1993. ISBN 1883269032.

[4] Schwan, Gary. "Making Art News". Palm Beach Post (April, 1994).

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