Artist

John Alexander

born Beaumont, TX 1945
Also known as
  • John E. Alexander
Born
Beaumont, Texas, United States
Active in
  • Houston, Texas, United States
  • New York, New York, United States

Works by this artist (5 items)

John Alexander, Living Your Life in a Goldfish Bowl, 1985, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of United Stationers, Inc., 1995.70.1
Living Your Life in a Goldfish Bowl
Date1985
oil on canvas
Not on view
John Alexander, The Cake Walk, 1985, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2014.11.1
The Cake Walk
Date1985
oil on canvas
Not on view
John Alexander, Ship of Fools, 2006-2007, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2013.87.1, © 2007, John Alexander
Ship of Fools
Date2006-2007
oil on canvas
Not on view
Welcome to My World
Date1982
watercolor and gouache on heavy off-white paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

This is a oil painting of swamp scene with birds in sunset blues and yellows.
John Alexander: A Retrospective
December 21, 2007March 15, 2008
John Alexander (b. 1945) is internationally renowned for his paintings and drawings, which convey humor, rage and a robust appreciation of the human and natural world.