James Snidle Fine Art   254 St Chico, CA 95929

John T. Axton III

Estate Retrospective Exhibition

March 2010 - April 2010

Axton earned a BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1951,

and a MFA from the Yale Univ. School of Fine Art in 1954 where

he studied with Joseph Albers, Ad Reinhardt, and Stuart Davis.  His

paintings concentrated on the details of Realism, incorporating

historical artifacts, primarily from the Southwest.  He taught

Design at the Univ. of California, Berkeley in 1966.

Reception:   March 11, 2010  5 - 8pm in Chico, CA