Harold Stevenson Harold Moncreau Stevenson Jr. (March 11, 1929 – October 21, 2018) was an Harold Stevenson American painter known for his paintings of the male nude.[1] He was a friend, a mentor, and an associate of Andy Warhol, and appeared in the Warhol film, Heat Born March 11, 1929 (credited as "Harold Childe").[2] Idabel, Oklahoma, U.S. Died October 21, 2018 Biography (aged 89) Idabel, Oklahoma, U.S. [3] Stevenson was born in Idabel, Oklahoma in 1929 and attended the University Nationality American of Oklahoma before moving to New York City in 1949.[3] He moved to Paris in Known for Painting 1952 and exhibited at European galleries for the next 20 years. Movement Pop art Stevenson's most well-known works were painted in the 1960s, including his Patron(s) Peggy Guggenheim, most famous works, Eye of Lightning Billy and The New Adam. Eye of Lightning Iris Clert, Andy Warhol, Billy was exhibited at the Sidney Janis Gallery in 1962 as part of the "New Alexander Iolas Realists" exhibit, which included works by Warhol (including his 200 Campbell’s Soup Cans), Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Moskowitz, Robert Indiana, George Segal, Jim Dine, Peter Agostini, James Rosenquist, Wayne Thiebaud and Tom Wesselmann. The Eye of Lightning Billy was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 2008.[2] In 1963, Stevenson's massive mural, The New Adam, was displayed at the Iris Clert Gallery in Paris. The mural is an 8-foot by 39-foot reclining nude man. The model was young actor Sal Mineo, and the painting was dedicated to Stevenson's lover at the time, Lord Timothy Willoughby de Eresby, the heir to the Earl of Ancaster. The work was considered for inclusion in the 1963 seminal Pop Art exhibition "Six Painters and the Object" at the Guggenheim, but was considered too large, and that it would distract from the rest of the works. In 2005, the painting was acquired by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.[2] In 1963, Stevenson created a 40-foot tall painting of the Spanish bullfighter El Cordobes, which was hung from the Eiffel Tower with the permission of the French government. The resulting traffic jam caused the government to require that the painting be taken down.[2] In 1968, in Paris, Stevenson exhibited "The Great Society", a collection of portraits of individuals from his hometown. The collection is now owned by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma.[2] Having lived in New York, Paris, Key West and the Hamptons, Stevenson returned to his hometown of Idabel. He frequently contributed to NIGHT magazine.[2] Stevenson died on October 21, 2018 in Idabel, Oklahoma at the age of 89.[4] Selected works The New Adam - http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/15278 The Eye of Lightning Billy - http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/2007-07-09_project-for-a- revolution-in-new-york/works-in-exhibition/#/images/9/ The Great Society - http://www.ou.edu/content/fjjma/experience/collections/contemporaryArt/HaroldStevensonCollection.html References 1. http://www.artnews.com/2018/10/26/harold-stevenson-freethinking-artist-gallivanter-painter-new-adam-dies-89/ 2. "A Brief History of an American Artist, Harold Stevenson" (http://ronclarkstudio.com/haroldstevenson.html). Ron Clark Studio. Retrieved 11 November 2014. 3. "Harold Stevenson," (http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/6274). Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2014. 4. "Obituary of Harold Stevenson | White Funeral Home" (https://whitefamilyfh.com/tribute/details/1124/Harold-Stev enson/obituary.html#tribute-start). whitefamilyfh.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold_Stevenson&oldid=873717321" This page was last edited on 14 December 2018, at 16:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization..