JIM DINEBORN (1935- )

Attended College

• 1953-1957 ~ Jim Dine attended the Boston School of Fine and Applied Arts

• He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree form Ohio University.

• He moved to New York a year later in 1959

1960’s

• Jim Dine was married late 1950’s

• He and his wife moved to New York City.

• Jim Dine became known as a pioneer for his Happenings( where art, meets real life) for example the flash mob at the Tracy Mall over Christmas.

American Pop Art Emerges

• One of those Happenings apparently involved running small children through an obstacle course of brooms, ladders, and paint cans.

• Jim Dine moves his family to London in the late 1960’s, where he devoted his work to printmaking and drawing.

• The 1970’s Jim Dine started doing more everyday objects in his paintings like hands, a robe , hearts and tools.

1980’s

Passion for Hearts

• Jim Dine returns to the states and begins his focus on sculpture

• Dine has produced more than three thousand paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, as well as performance works, stage and book designs, poetry, and even music.

Our Assignment

• To draw our own Heart • You will need a pencil

and either colored pencils or crayons.

• Write your name on the back of your drawing.