D. Jeffrey Mims
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D. Jeffrey Mims | |
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| Born | April 28, 1954 North Carolina, United States |
| Known for | Mural Painting |
| Movement | Classical Realism |
D. Jeffrey Mims (born April 28, 1954) is a painter, educator, lecturer, and muralist working as a classical realist.
Biography
[edit]Mims attended the Rhode Island School of Design from 1972 to 1973 and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant to support independent study in museums across England, France, and Italy. In 1981, he returned to Florence, Italy, where he studied with the American painter Benjamin F. Long and received critiques from Long's Italian mentor, Pietro Annigoni.
Academy
[edit]D. Jeffrey Mims is the founder and director of the Academy of Classical Design in Southern Pines, North Carolina. The Academy is a school of fine art specializing in traditional mural painting and architectural decoration. Originally established as Mims Studios in 2000, the institution was restructured in 2011 and renamed the Academy of Classical Design. As of 2023, the Academy will be temporarily closed for two years to complete the painted ceiling decorations.
Selected writings
[edit]- 2016 "Creating a Classical Academy" Traditional Building Magazine. April 2016.[1]
- 2010 "Caput Mundi (Capital of the World)" Fine Art Connoisseur. July 2010. pp. 41 – 44 [1][2]
- 2006 "Slow Painting / A Deliberate Renaissance" Oglethorpe University Museum, Atlanta, Georgia—catalogue with contributed essay.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- Figueroa, Raphael, "Peter and John Heal a Man Who Was Lame, Magic City Religion, November 22, 2020.
- D. Jeffrey Mims, "Caput Mundi (Capital of the World)", Fine Art Connoisseur, August 2010, vol. 7, i . 4, pp. 41–44, and cover illustration.
- Peter Bougie, "Intuition: An Interview with D. Jeffrey Mims," Classical Realism Journal, vol.VII, i .1, pp. 10–19, 10-19 illustration.
- Jerry Cullum, "Realism Lives In Contemporary Pieces," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Friday, November 10, 1995, Section P pp. 1, 12 illustration.
- Anderson, Kurt, "An Interview with D. Jeffrey Mims", Classical Realism Quarterly, May 16, 1990, pp. 12–15, 20-21 illustration.
- Keough, Patrick, "Reinventing Classical Realism", The Arts Journal, May 1990 pp. 14–15 illustration.
- Bretzius, Hunter, "Renaissance Man", Sun Journal, Thursday, April 5, 1990, pp. 1C-2 illustration.
- Nunnelley, William A., "Painting in the Old Way", Seasons, Fall 1988 pp. 8–9 illustration.
- Reeves, Garland, "Jeffrey Mims: An Artist Who Takes Long View of Things", The Birmingham News, Sunday August 21, 1988 p. 1E-7 illustration.
- Lauder, Val, "The Southern Artists", Southern Accents, Nov.-Dec. 1986 pp. 120–123, 146 illustration.
- Coles, William A., "D. Jeffrey Mims: A Painter's Odyssey", American Artist, October 1985 pp. 36–40, 78-82 illustration.
References
[edit]- ^ "Traditional Building Magazine, "Creating a Classical Academy,"" (PDF).
- ^ Fine Art Connoisseur, July/August 2010, pp. 41 - 44
- ^ Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, "Slow Painting, A Deliberate Renaissance," Co-curator.