Joan Thorne (1943- )

Joan Thorne (1943- ) is a well-listed American artist from New York, N.Y., known for her abstract, non-objective, modern, modernist, modernism artwork.

Thorne has had numerous one-person shows in galleries such as The Fishbach Gallery, New York City; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; The Willard Gallery, New York City; The Graham & Sons Gallery, New York City; and The Clocktower, New York City. Her work has also been exhibited in two Whitney Museum Biennials and various other group exhibitions in the United States, Latin America, the Carribean and Europe.

In 1986, Thorne was awarded the Prix de Rome Fellowship to paint at the American Academy in Rome. She also received two National Endowment grants for painting.

For more information on the artist, please see:

• joanthorne.com
• the Joan Thorne page at AskArt.com

Richard Florsheim (1916-1979)

Richard Aberle Florsheim (1916-1979) was a well listed American artist from Chicago, IL, known for his depictions of abstract urban and marine views in a style described as modern, modernist, and modernism.

Florsheim was born in Chicago, IL, and studied at the University of Chicago. He was active as a painter, sculptor and graphics artist in Chicago; Milwaukee, WI; Woodstock, NY; and Provincetown, RI. His career included the following:

• teacher at the Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago
• teacher at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee
• assistant director of the Arts Center Association in Woodstock
• member of the Chicago Society of Artists
• member of the National Academy of Design
• member of the Society of American Graphic Artists
• board member of the Illinois Arts Council
• Trustee and Vice President of the Provincetown Art Association