Russ Warren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Russ Warren

American painter

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1951

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Russ Warren (born 1951) is a contemporary figurative painter who has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S.
and abroad, notably in the 1981 Whitney Biennial and the 1984 Venice Biennale.
A painter in the Neo-Expressionist style, he has drawn inspiration from Spanish masters such as Velázquez, Goya and Picasso, as well as from Mexican folk art and the American southwest.
Committed to his own Regionalist style during his formative years in Texas and New Mexico, he was picked up by Phyllis Kind in 1981.
During those years he transitioned to a style characterized by "magical realism", and his work came to rely on symbol allegory, and unusual shifts in scale.
Throughout his career, his paintings and prints have featured flat figures, jagged shadows, and semi-autobiographical content.
His oil paintings layer paint, often incorporate collage, and usually contain either figures or horses juxtaposed in strange tableaux.