About The Artist:
Ted Gilien
1914 Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 17 1932-33 Studied at Art Student's League and National Academy of Design in N.Y.C. 1934-38 Federal Arts Project as mural and easel painter 1939 Post Office mural, Lees Summit, MO. 1940-42 Shipyard worker, San Pedro, CA. 1942-46 Combat artist,U.S. Army, South Pacific Theatre. Covered Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 1946-65 Twenty one-man shows on West Coast 1951 Published The Price, 50 anti-war paintings and...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.