Peter Saul

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Peter Saul is an American painter born in 1934 in San Francisco, CA. His work, which has connections with pop art, figurative art, and expressionism, became known and successful in the 1960s. He continues to paint provocative, well-reviewed, and collected paintings. He currently lives in Germantown, NY

[edit] Timeline

• 1950-52 California School of Fine Arts
• 1952-56 Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis
• 1956-64 Living in the Netherlands, Paris, and Rome
• 1964-74 Living in Mill Valley, CA
• 1974-75 Living in Port Costa, CA
• 1975-81 Living in Chappaqua, NY
• 1981-2000 Living in Austin, Texas; teaching at the University of Texas
• 2000 Living in New York City and Germantown, NY

[edit] Awards

• 1964 Art in America “New Talent” Award and Copley Foundation Award
• 1979 National Endowment for the Arts Endowment
• 1985 National Endowment for the Arts Endowment
• 1993 Guggenheim Fellowship
• 2001 Academy Award for Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters