Jack Bosson
American, 1937 - 2012
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Jack Bosson was born in Western Pennsylvania, grew up in Florida, and served in the Navy before turning his focus to art. He studied painting at Cooper Union and then received a Fulbright to study in Paris in 1963. He went on to earn a Masters in Fine Art at Cornell.
During the 1960’s he was an active regional painter in upstate New York with numerous exhibitions and reviews. He arrived in New York City in 1970 and was a founding member of the infamous 55 Mercer Street, which was the first gallery operated by artists in Soho. He exhibited at the prestigious Fishbach Gallery in 1972 an 1973, and he continued to show at 55 Mercer through the early 1980s. During this time he was reviewed by such critics as Grace Glueck and Carter Ratcliff in Art in America and Art News
Bosson’s last 30 years were spent in academia, but his love was painting. His California period represents some of his most inventive and highly resolved work.
