Jeffery Francis Beardsall (1940 in Hereford

Hereford

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, England

England

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) is an artist

Artist

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 (painter). He was recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975.

Awards and prizes

For his work Beardsall was rewarded several international prizes and awards:

• John S. Guggenheim Fellowship (USA)
• Print Making Award (England)
• Post Graduate Print Making Award (England)
• The Samuel Biggin Painting Prize (England)

His works are owned by international museums, such as Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva)

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, Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...

, Museum of Modern Art Towers in New York, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

Publications and literature

• Artist Proof, 1970
• The Print Collectors Newsletter, 1975, 1976, 1978
• SKY, 1976
• Art in America, Jan. 1980
• Grand Reportage, 1981
• Architectural Digest, 1975, 1983, 1984

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