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American artist (born 1951)
James "Jim " Daniel Torlakson (born February 19, 1951), is an American visual artist and educator, known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio prints . He is based in Pacifica, California , a costal city near San Francisco.
Early life and family
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James Daniel Torlakson was born in San Francisco , California on February 19, 1951. His brother is American politician Tom Torlakson .[1] Growing up in the Westlake neighborhood of Daly City , Torlakson moved to Pacifica in 1971 where he has lived since becoming a professional artist.[2] He started drawing at an early age, encouraged by his parents, who entered a drawing of his in the San Francisco Chronicle "Daily Junior Art Champion" when he was six years old; he was awarded first prize. He was also inspired by artist George Post , a Californian watercolor painter, who was his grandparents' neighbor in Oakland, California .[citation needed ]
Torlakson studied general fine arts and received a B.F.A. degree in 1971 from the California College of the Arts ,[3] before completing a Masters of Arts degree in 1975 at San Francisco State University .[4]
His daughter Elizabeth died at age 21, after walking into a BART tunnel in 2004.[5] [6] [7]
Work
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He was a professor of printmaking and visual art at City College of San Francisco ,[5] from 1999 to 2017. Other teaching experience also includes California College of the Arts and Skyline College .[citation needed ]
Torlakson’s photorealism imagery have centered on “every day” America, which includes images of trucks, railways, amusement parks, waterfronts, fireworks booths, deserted drive-in theaters and coastal landscapes.[2] His oils, watercolors, aquatint etchings and drawings have been exhibited nationally since 1971 within United States and internationally.[8]
He has works housed in the collections of many American museums,[1] including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ,[9] [10] the Oakland Museum of California ,[11] the Brooklyn Museum ,[12] Rhode Island School of Design Museum ;[13] New York Public Library’s print collection,[14] the Art Institute of Chicago ,[15] Carnegie Museum of Art , the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Library of Congress , Denver Art Museum , and the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum .[citation needed ]
References
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^ "Glance Spring 2004" . issuu . California College of the Arts. 2004. Retrieved 2017-06-10 .
^ "Follow the Creative Sparks" . SF State Magazine . Retrieved 2017-06-10 .
^ a b Hunter, Chris (2014-01-06). Legendary Locals of Pacifica . Arcadia Publishing . p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4671-0098-4 – via Google Books .
^ Goodyear, Charlie (March 16, 2004). "California senator's niece found dead on BART tracks / Cause of death of Elizabeth Torlakson unknown" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2024-04-27 .
^ Torlakson, Tom (September 20, 2004). "Risk of harm should outweigh use" . SFGate . Retrieved 2024-04-27 .
^ "Public Art Collection | flysfo.com" . flysfo.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09 .
^ "James Torlakson, William Farley" . SFMoMA . Retrieved 2017-06-09 .
^ "SFMOMA Artists Gallery - Work of James Torlakson and William Farley - YouTube" . youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09 .
^ "2006.23.1 James Torlakson, Rogue Equipment Sales" . Oakland Museum of California . Retrieved 2024-04-27 .
^ "Bondage, James Torlakson" . Brooklyn Museum . Retrieved 2017-06-09 .
^ "Asleep at the Wheel" . RISD Museum . Retrieved 2024-04-27 .
^ Smith, Donald E. (2004). American Printmakers of the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography . St. Johann Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-878282-28-6 – via Google Books .
^ "James Daniel Torlakson" . Art Institute of Chicago .
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