Label TextWilliam Thomas Wiley is a younger California painter, whose vigorous expressionist style of figurative paintings is closely alined to the current San Francisco approach. In the large canvas of "The Vamp", a compelling image is presented with bold execution of strident colors and an emotionally charged construction of rounded and two-dimensinal forms. Source: Bulletin, December 1962.
Exhibition History"William T. Wiley: The Iowa Collections," Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Oct. 21 - Dec. 18, 1985
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; (Circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Musuem of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Art of the Twentieth Century Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm," Mead Art Building, Amherst College, MA, Oct 27 - Nov. 19, 1961 (Circulated to: Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 6 - Feb. 4, 1962)
Published References"Art of the Twentieth Century Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm," Mead Art Building, Amherst College, 1961, exh. cat. ref. p.11
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.40
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.213
Exhibition History"William T. Wiley: The Iowa Collections," Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Oct. 21 - Dec. 18, 1985
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; (Circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Musuem of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Art of the Twentieth Century Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm," Mead Art Building, Amherst College, MA, Oct 27 - Nov. 19, 1961 (Circulated to: Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 6 - Feb. 4, 1962)
Published References"Art of the Twentieth Century Collected by James S. and Dorothy Schramm," Mead Art Building, Amherst College, 1961, exh. cat. ref. p.11
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.40
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.213
DimensionsOverall: 60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm)
Accession Number 1962.12
Classificationspainting
SignedWiley, 59 (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist. James and Dorothy Schramm, Burlington, IA [acquired by 1961]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1962]
