Lincoln Perry (artist)

Lincoln Perry is an American visual artist and author most well known as a muralist.

Career

Perry is best known for his murals. As well, he has also created sculptures including several series done in terracotta.
Perry currently serves as the distinguished visiting artist at the UVA where he was commissioned to create a very large twelve-panel mural in the McKim, Mead, and White designed Cabell Hall on the University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson designed campus, the title of which is The Student's Progress.
Pablo Picasso, Balthus, Paolo Veronese, Giambattista Tiepolo, and Gustave Courbet have been cited as being amongst his influences.

Writing

Perry is the author of the books Lincoln Perry's Charlottesville and Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others. Perry is also a contributing writer to The American Scholar. In addition he has written for other journals such as Painters on Paintings.

Personal life

Perry is married to the novelist Ann Beattie whom he met when they were both teaching at the University of Virginia.
He lives part of the year in Southern Maine.