James Northrup Weeks Original Vintage SF Bay Area Figurative Seated Nude Magna Acrylic Painting

Original, vintage Representational Abstract painting of a seated nude, by Bay Area Figurative artist, James Darrell Northrup Weeks, (1922-1998). The painting's medium is a magna acrylic on masonite, and it is estimated to have been created in 1968, when the artist resided in Los Angeles. The painting is signed in the lower left center in black. The painting is in overall good original condition, (despite a few small chips missing in the upper right corner). The painting measures approximately 17.8" X 23.9", plus the original vintage wood frame. The painting is a little loose in the vintage frame and should be reset by a framer. Please carefully review all images for details regarding condition.

    James Weeks was an Ameeican artist and early member of the San Francisco Bay Area Figurative movement. Unlike many artists in the movement, Weeks was never known for painting in a nonrepresentational style, instead, using abstraction in the "ideas of painting". He further diverged from his colleagues in the rigidity of his figures, a characteristic that Anita Ventura described as "(painting), not for the expression so much as the comprehension."

    James Weeks was born on December 1, 1922 in Oakland, California to Anson Weeks and Ruth Daley, both musicians. Weeks graduated from Lowell High School in 1940 and enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts. In 1943, Weeks enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, returning to CSFA in 1946, following the end of World War II. In the following years, Weeks studied with William Gaw and David Park at CSFA, and attended Marian Hartwell's School of Design.

  James Weeks graduated from CSFA in 1947, joining the faculty soon after. Two years later, Weeks married Lynn Williams Weeks.

    In the following years, Weeks taught at both CSFA and at the California College of Arts and Crafts, which together included a number of notable faculty, including Richard Diebenkorn.

    In the summer of 1952, Weeks studied at Escuela de Pintura y Escultura in Mexico City, on G.I. Bill benefits.

    In 1967, James Weeks and his family moved to Los Angeles and joined Diebenkorn on the University of California Los Angeles faculty.

    James Weeks moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1970, serving on the faculty of the art department of Boston University, until his 1987 retirement.

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