Mark Adams was an American artist

Artist

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

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Life

He studied at Syracuse University

Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

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He studied with Hans Hoffman, and with Jean Lurcat

Jean Lurçat

Jean Lurçat was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.-Biography:He was born in Bruyères, Vosges, the son of Lucien Jean Baptiste Lurçat and Marie Emilie Marguerite L'Hote. He was the brother of André Lurçat, who became an architect...

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He began as a tapestry and stained-glass designer.

He designed the windows, for Temple Emanu-El, and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
Later, he used watercolors.

His tapestry works are at the de Young Museum and at San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco International Airport

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In 1954, he married Beth Van Hoesen; they lived in San Francisco.

External links

• "Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen interviews, 1983 Aug. 31 - 1984 Feb. 24", Archives of American Art
• http://www.flashpointmag.com/starkey2.htm
• http://www.berggruen.com/artists/mark-adams/#/artists/mark-adams/