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Lincoln Perry (born 1949 in New York City) is an American visual artist and author most well known as a muralist. [1]
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Perry is best known for his murals. As well, he has also created sculptures including several series done in terracotta. [2]
Perry currently serves as the distinguished visiting artist at the UVA where he was commissioned to create a very large twelve-panel mural in the McKim, Mead, and White designed Cabell Hall on the University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson designed campus, the title of which is The Student's Progress. [3]
Pablo Picasso, Balthus, Paolo Veronese, Giambattista Tiepolo, and Gustave Courbet have been cited as being amongst his influences. [4] [5]
Perry is the author of the books Lincoln Perry's Charlottesville (UVA Press 2006 [6] ) and Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others (David R. Godine 2022 [7] ). [8] Perry is also a contributing writer to The American Scholar . [9] In addition he has written for other journals such as Painters on Paintings. [10]
Perry is married to the novelist Ann Beattie whom he met when they were both teaching at the University of Virginia. [11] He lives part of the year in Southern Maine. [12]
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