Forrest Bess

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Forrest Bess (October 5, 1911- November 11, 1977) was a painter. Bess admired the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder and developed his own mystical minimalism. Bess's insistence on isolation in a trailer in a Texas swamp and elaborate theories on immortality through self-administered hermaphrodite surgery made him something of an outsider artist. His known work consists of only about 100 paintings, a number of which have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

[edit] References

• "His Name Was Forrest Bess", by Michael Ennis, Texas Monthly, June 1982
• Forrest Bess: Desire Ruled His Vision,", by Michael Brenson, New York Times, May 1, 1988

[edit] External links

• Forrest Bess site - contains a biography, paintings, articles and more information about the artist.