biography of John STEPHAN (1906-1995)

Birth place: Maywood, IL

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter

Exhibited: Chicago Artists, AIC, 1934 (prize); Betty Parsons Gal, NYC, 1940s; WMAA, 1950.

Comments: During the 1930s, he exhibited widely in Chicago; and in New York during the 1940s. However, he was best known as publisher of Tiger's Eye (1947-49), an avant-garde art magazine which involved artists such as W. Baziotes and Barnett Newman.

Sources: WW40; Archives of American Art Journal vol.27, No. 2, 1987, p.36