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'''Thomas Chimes''' (1921-2009) was an influential painter and artist from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. His work is in some important public collections, including those of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] <ref>http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=&bSuggest=1&searchNameID=19753&searchClassID=&searchOrigin=&accessionID=&page=1</ref>, the [[Museum of Modern Art]] <ref>http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1105</ref> in New York, and the [[Corcoran Gallery]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>http://www.corcoran.org/collection/chimes.php</ref>.
== Background ==
He was born in Philadelphia in 1921. In 1939 he became enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His studies were interrupted by the US involvement in World War 2, in which he joined the US Air Force. After World War 2, Thomas began studying again in New York at Columbia University for philosophy and at Art Students League for painting and sculpture. While there he painted several portraits that fell in line with the New York Trends of the time. However, he decided to move back to Philadelphia in 1953, where he would develop his own, more personal style. Throughout the decades Chimes would continue to reinvent his style.<ref>http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/2007/107.html</ref>. The artist's work also shows a strong penchant for evocative images reflecting his interest in several of the great writers of the early to middle years of the twentieth century, including [[Alfred Jarry]], [[Antonin Artaud]], and [[James Joyce]]. In particular, Jarry and the concept of "[[pataphysics]]" inform the artist's work.
=== Early Works ===
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=== Recent Works ===
He worked on his most well know Panel Portraits between 1973 - 1978. It was a series of 48 portraits of famous people he admired. In the 1980's he began working on a series of white paintings characterized by being painted mostly white. <ref>http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/2007/107.html?page=3</ref>
=== Solo Exhibitions ===
Chimes has had numerous solo exhibitions. According to a 2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art press release, "By the early 1960s Chimes had enjoyed successful solo shows at the Avant-Garde and [[Bodley Gallery|Bodley Galleries]] in New York."<ref>http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2007/561.html</ref> Many important solo exhibitions followed, including "Thomas Chimes: A Retrospective Exhibition", at the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, in 1968; Tom Chimes, A Compendium: 1961-1986, at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia in 1986; and Thomas Chimes: Survey at the Alexander Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies, New York, in 1994. In 1975, his work was included in the Whitney Biennial, and in the following year he was represented in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's landmark exhibition Three Centuries of American Art. His work is included in many major American museum collections, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut; the Phoenix Art Museum; the Delaware Art Museum; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.<ref>http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/7aa/7aa110b.htm</ref>
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