Jonathan Winters (1925-2013) was an American Artist and Comedian. Winters studied art at Kenyon College and the Dayton Art Institute and evolved a highly personal style. His work recalls surrealist Miro, Ernst, and Klee. Artist, Dong Kingman says of Jonathan Winters ; "he is widely known as a comedian. Everybody thinks of him as a funny man who does funny things. He talks softly at first. Then, all of a sudden, his humor hits you like an ax. But I know Jonathan better. I respect him and his work as a painter. I have visited his home and gone down to his nine-feet-below-ground studio in a four-by-four-foot room just big enough to hold a drawing table and a couple of chairs. We often sit there and talk about life, about art, and exchange ideas. His style of painting is abstract, reminding me of that of Wassily Kandinsky or Paul Klee at first sight. But his use of design, pattern, and calligraphy to express his feelings goes much deeper beneath the surface. To understand his wonderful ability to tell funny stories as a performer, one must also see him as a painter and analyze his artwork."
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| Mr. Jonathan Winters |
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| Doesn't everyone have a pear 1962 |
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| Ouch 1970 |
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| Umbrella Dancers 1970 |
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| The Good Side And The Bad Side 1971 |
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| A Light In The Attic 1972 |
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| Tears for the land 1972 |
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| The Last Walk 1972 |
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| American Hooker 1973 |
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| Bluebirds 1973 |
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| Last Day Of California 1973 |
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| American Roots 1974 |
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| Birds at dawn 1974 |
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| The Thoughts Of A Matador 1977 |
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| Mouse Breath, Conformity and Other Social Ills 1980 |
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| from From the Estate of Jonathan Winters 1984 |
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| Hang Ups 1988 |
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| Last Day of the Legion 1995 |
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| The Body Builder, The Yo-Yo Player, A Modern Day Venus Di Milo 2000 |
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| Man in ceremonial robe 2000 |
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| The Indian in Prayer 2001 |
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| The Hockey Player 2002 |
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| The Day They All Got Their Wings 2003 |
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| Sailing vessel 2004 |
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| Blue tree undated |
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| Elephants and Umbrellas undated |
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| Unknown title from From the Estate of Jonathan Winters undated |
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| Unknown title from From the Estate of Jonathan Winters undated |
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| Stand-up comedian undated |
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| White men did fence undated |
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