Warren Kimble

Biography

As America's best known living folk artist, Warren Kimble draws on more than 40 years of experience as a fine artist, teacher, collector, craftsman and antiques dealer to create a casual but sophisticated style of American Folk Art.

Warren is being honored with a major museum retrospective at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont from May 18 through October 26, 2008. Titled Warren Kimble’s America, the exhibit includes the best of his folk art works including barns, flags, landscapes, and delightfully whimsical animals. Kimble’s works will be on view in the museum’s Round Barn, a favorite subject of the artist. In addition to Kimble’s trademark folk art, visitors will glimpse another side of the Vermont artist through lesser known abstract works and the strikingly different Widows of War series. More information on Warren Kimble’s America and Shelburne Museum is available at www.shelburnemuseum.org.

Warren is best known for his paintings of highly stylized animals and rural Vermont scenes using antique architectural wood as his canvas. His subjects and whimsical style evoke the spirit of the tranquil Vermont countryside. His unique palette, distinctive eye for detail, and the antique texture of the wood create a pleasing, enduring art that has attracted a wide following of collectors both nationally and internationally.

Graduated from Syracuse University with a fine arts degree in 1957, Warren has lived in Vermont for more than 30 years with his wife, Lorraine.