Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

George Tooker

George Tooker
George Tooker, American painter and academic (d. 2011)

George Clair Tooker, Jr. was an American figurative painter. His works are associated with Magic realism, Social realism, Photorealism, and Surrealism. His subjects are depicted naturally as in a photograph, but the images use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality. He did not agree with the association of his work with Magic realism or Surrealism, as he said, "I am after painting reality impressed on the mind so hard that it returns as a dream, but I am not after painting dreams as such, or fantasy." In 1968, he was elected to the National Academy of Design and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Tooker was one of nine recipients of the National Medal of Arts in 2007.

5 August 1920

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Abbé PierreAlvin CeccoliAugust 5Bobby BraddockDarren ShahlaviEicca ToppinenFederica PellegriniGavi (footballer)Gay ByrneGenelia D'SouzaJohn JarrattKim GevaertNaum GaboPatrick EwingRay ClemenceRichard Ottley

Born in the same month (August 1920): Chuck RaynerElmar TampõldEnzo BiagiHerb SimpsonJames Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of KilleadJohn Graves (author)Judy CassabLida MoserMax FatchenNeville BrandNorman DewisP. D. JamesPercy MayfieldPrem TinsulanondaRaul RenterRed HolzmanShelley Winters