Jim Dine

June 16th, 1935 - Present

Biographical Information

• Born: June 16th, 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio• Oldest of two sons• Went to the University of Cincinnati but left after a year• He attended the art school of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston• He enrolled in the art department at Ohio University where he

eventually met his future wife• In 1957, Jim Dine and Nancy Minto got married • He moved to New York• He is the leader of the “Pop Art” movement• Dine is best known for his repetitiveness i.e) robes, hearts, tools

Style of Art

• Jim Dine is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, illustrator, performance artist, stage designer, and poet.

• Dine is known for his repetitive theme; repeating his theme again and again in several mediums.

• The icons that Dine often used were hearts, robes, and tools.• The objects he used in his art became icons of “Pop Art”

during the 1960s-70s.• Dine’s paintings tend to have a romantic sensual effect/feel

to them.• The texture and application of paint highlights Dine’s use of

abstract expressionism. • He would use water color, charcoal, enamel, pastel, pencil,

chalk, paint, ect…

Walla Walla Robe (1986)

Heart At the Opera (1983)

To The Lake (1998)

Dry-Wall Hammer (1973)

Spoon (1989) Red Etching Robe (1976)

Favorite Quote

“Pop is concerned with exteriors. I’m concerned with interiors. When I see objects I see them as a vocabulary of

feelings.” – Jim Dine

Citation PageHendrick, Robert. "Jim Dine." Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures. Ed. Arnold Markoe and Kenneth T. Jackson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 8 May 2012.

"Jim Dine." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 8 May 2012.

DJT Fine Art. "Get Pop Art." Web. 8 May 2012. <http://www.getpopart.com/cgi-bin/pop-art/gallery.html?category=Dine&item=art00581&type=gallery>.

By: Jennifer Shone