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Tom Wesselmann comes from USA (Cincinnati,Ohio). He started to draw cartoons in the army during the Korea war.
He moved to New York and lived by working as a cartoonist for magazines and news papers. He was also a teacher in a Highschool in Brooklyn. Then he makes collages of nude persons. His wife was his most important model.
Out of these collages he developed first nude depictions in 1960.
His first assemblages with the title "Still Life" came into existence. He began a series of "Bathtub Collages".
In 1964 Tom Wesselmann began with further series, e.g. "Bedroom Paintings", "Seascapes" and "Smokers", which he continued until the early 1980s.
Featured Piece
Fast sketch fruit and goldfish
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