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Wayne Douglas Quinn (January 31, 1941 – October 2, 1987) was an American painter. He is known for photorealist works that explore queer male identity in San Francisco during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Early life and education

Wayne Douglas Quinn was born on January 31, 1941.

Quinn lived and worked in San Francisco, California, of which he said "this is a mystical city. Once you leave San Francisco there's a whole other reality"

In 1979 Quinn painted author of 'Sex, Drugs & Disco', Mark Abramson.

Work

Quinn worked to achieve a flat photographic effect, creating nudes in "lush flesh tones". The figures most often occupy detailed gem colored San Francisco interiors. Thomas Albright, art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, said of his work, "Quinn's forte...is a kind of haunted realism" Quinn allowed "his subjects to drift into thought. The resulting facial expressions are a reflection of this quiet self-awareness, solitude...it has been said often that there is a sadness peculiar to Mr. Quinn's paintings" The paintings "are very much involved with the desolation of the urban experience".

Selected exhibitions

Quinn's solo exhibitions include Wayne Douglas Quinn (1962–1972) at Upper Market Street Gallery in 1973.

Publications

• The Art of Wayne Quinn (New Glide Publications, 1977)

Collections

Quinn's work is held in permanent collections including:

• Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
• Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY

References

1. "Quinn, Wayne". ULAN. J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
2. "Quinn, Wayne Douglas". Bay Area Reporter. October 22, 1987. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
3. ^ Albright, Thomas (January 1973). "Wayne Quinn at Upper Market". San Francisco Chronicle.
4. "Wayne Quinn papers, 1972–1977". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
5. ^ Blair, Beverlee (November 1976). "Now Art! Wayne Douglas Quinn". No. p.4. San Francisco Sentinel.
6. Abramson, Mark (June 14, 2015). "BARchive :: Excerpts From the New Memoir 'Sex, Drugs & Disco'". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
7. Marlowe, John (November 14, 1975). "In San Francisco". No. p.2. Westart.
8. Campbell, R.M. (December 1977). "The Desolation of Our Urban Experience". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
9. St. John, Scott ‘Tofu’ (October 10, 2011). "Finding The Art of Wayne Quinn". tofuartsf. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
10. "Worldcat title: The art of Wayne Quinn". Worldcat. OCLC. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
11. "Artists in the Collection: Quinn, Wayne Douglas". Cornell University. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
12. "Artists in the Collection: Quinn, Wayne Douglas". Knoxville Museum of Art. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
13. "Artists in the Collection: Quinn, Wayne Douglas". Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

• 20th-century American painters
• 20th-century American male artists
• American male painters
• American contemporary artists
• Painters from California
• Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area
• American gay artists
• American LGBTQ painters
• 1941 births
• 1987 deaths
• 20th-century American LGBTQ people