George Tooker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Tooker
American artist
Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1920
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 27-Mar-2011
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About George Tooker
- George Clair Tooker, Jr.
- (August 5, 1920 – March 27, 2011) was an American figurative painter.
- His works are associated with Magic realism, Social realism, Photorealism and Surrealism.
- His subjects are depicted naturally as in a photograph, but the images use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
- He did not agree with the association of his work with Magic realism or Surrealism, as he said, "I am after painting reality impressed on the mind so hard that it returns as a dream, but I am not after painting dreams as such, or fantasy." In 1968, he was elected to the National Academy of Design and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Tooker was one of nine recipients of the National Medal of Arts in 2007.
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