Jackson Lee Nesbitt
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Jackson Lee Nesbitt was an American artist. Nesbitt was born in McAlester, Oklahoma
and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute
off and on from 1933 to 1941, working primarily with famed Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton
and printmaker John de Martelly
. Though they were very different in age, Nesbitt and Benton were also friends who traveled and sketched together often -- and the art they created was very similar. When financial necessity (in large part caused by the popularity of modernist art) forced Nesbitt to give up his art for a successful career in the advertising industry to provide for his family, Nesbitt did not speak with Benton for many years out of embarrassment. Nevertheless, Benton, and his wife Rita, always considered Nesbitt to be one of his finest students.
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 17,783 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pittsburg County. It is currently the largest city in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, followed by Durant....
and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....
off and on from 1933 to 1941, working primarily with famed Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States...
and printmaker John de Martelly
John de Martelly
John Stockton de Martelly was a lithographer, etcher, painter, illustrator, teacher and writer.John de Martelly was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Florence, Italy, as well as the Royal College of Art in London...
. Though they were very different in age, Nesbitt and Benton were also friends who traveled and sketched together often -- and the art they created was very similar. When financial necessity (in large part caused by the popularity of modernist art) forced Nesbitt to give up his art for a successful career in the advertising industry to provide for his family, Nesbitt did not speak with Benton for many years out of embarrassment. Nevertheless, Benton, and his wife Rita, always considered Nesbitt to be one of his finest students.
Sources
- Jackson Lee Nesbitt: The Graphic Work. Earl Retif and Ann Salzer. Stone And Press Galleries. 1993
- Under the Influence: The Students of Thomas Hart Benton. Marianne Berardi. The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art. 1993
- The Artists Bluebook. Lonnie Pierson Dunbar, editor. March 2005.
- Davenport's Art Reference. Ray Davenport. 2005.
- Who Was Who in American Art. Peter Hastings Falk (editor). 1999
- Kansas City Regional Art. Associated American Artists. New York. 1940