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T. E. Breitenbach | |
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Born | Thomas E. Breitenbach July 29, 1951 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Self-taught |
Known for | Painting |
Awards | Rome Prize Fellowship |
Thomas E. Breitenbach (born July 29, 1951 in Queens, New York)[1] is a self-taught American artist best known for his painting Proverbidioms, a raucous and comical depiction of over 300 common proverbs and clichés. He also collaborated with Jim Morrison of The Doors, shortly before Morrison's 1971 death, on a painting intended for use on his An American Prayer album.
He received the Rome Prize Fellowship in visual arts. Breitenbach declined the second year of the fellowship and, inspired by the castles and museums of Europe, returned home determined to build a castle-studio to house his art and eventually become a museum. During the planning stages he painted Proverbidioms and later published it.