John Baldessari was born in 1931 and is a leading artist from California. Baldessari was the son to a Danish descended mother who was a nurse and his father was a Catholic from the Dolomites which is now called Italy. His inspiration came from his father because of his father's attitude towards art. In 1949, he studied Art education at San Diego State College after the encouragement from his sister. He decided to turn his attention to art history so he went to study at the University of California. Since going to the university of California he developed an interest for contemporary art.J ohn Baldessari has been an important influence on a generation of younger artists whose interests are Conceptual art and Pop. He has also shows how humor can be combined with more serious investigations into language and photography.
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