{{Short description|Californian artist}} {{undisclosed paid|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox person |name = Dennis Hare |image =File:Dennis Hare.jpeg |image_size = 300px |caption =Dennis Hare at work in his studio |birth_name = |birth_date =1946 |birth_place = Glendale, California |other_names = |known_for = Figurative and abstract art |occupation = Artist |years_active = }}
'''Dennis Hare''' (August 29, 1946 – March 10, 2024) was a Californian artist, known mainly for his figurative work,<ref name="Statement">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dennishare.com/ |title=Artist's Statement |accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> and a former beach volleyball player and athlete.<ref name="Whetzel">{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/lifestyle/20131029/mission-gables-announced-to-be-on-2013-redlands-holiday-home-tour |title=Mission Gables announced to be on 2013 Redlands Holiday Home Tour |date=29 October 2013 |first=Carolyn |last=Whetzel |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085046/http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/lifestyle/20131029/mission-gables-announced-to-be-on-2013-redlands-holiday-home-tour |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hare's career spans 35 years. Today he is known as both a figurative and abstract assemblage artist with over 55 solo shows. He was also a member of the ''Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame''.<ref name="Program"/> Hare wrote the first book on the subject of beach volleyball, ''The Art of Beach Volleyball''.<ref name="Hare">{{cite book|last=Hare|first=Dennis|title=The Art of Beach Volleyball|year=1981|publisher=Hogar Pub. Co|pages=255 |url=https://www.amazon.com/art-beach-volleyball-Dennis-Hare/dp/B0006XTANO |asin=B0006XTANO}}</ref>
==Early life== Hare was born in Glendale, California in 1946. His father Fred was a sports writer and his mother Arlene an interior designer. In 1964, as a high school senior, he was selected to the All-Southern California Basketball Team. Hare was introduced to volleyball while at San Diego State University where he graduated in 1969. In 1971, after returning from the service where he was a member of the All Armed Forces Volleyball Team, Hare dedicated himself to the sport of doubles beach volleyball. His love of the sport prompted him to write the first book on the subject: ''The Art of Beach Volleyball''.<ref name="Hare"/>
==Education== Hare attended Yucaipa High School<ref name="Vasquez">{{Cite news |url= http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20120705/artwork-by-redlands-artist-to-hang-in-sacramento-gallery |title= Artwork by Redlands artist to hang in Sacramento gallery |date=4 July 2012 |first=Nicole |last=Vasquez}}</ref> and then went on to San Bernardino Valley College.<ref name="Kahn">{{Cite news |url= http://www.newsmirror.net/news/schools/article_fcd4b584-3cce-5e9a-85fe-530dd971e4b9.html?TNNoMobile |title= Yucaipa High School Hall of Fame honorees are profiled | first=Harvey M. |last=Kahn |date=1 May 2009}}</ref> He later transferred to San Diego State University to play baseball, graduating in 1969 with a first degree in physical education.<ref name="Program">{{Cite news |url= http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/arts-and-entertainment/20121018/artist-dennis-hare-will-give-program-for-redlands-art-association |title=Artist Dennis Hare will give program for Redlands Art Association |date=17 October 2012}}</ref>
==Sports career== Hare began his career as an athlete. In high school he played basketball and baseball for the California Interscholastic Federation. During the 1964 season he won an All-California Interscholastic Federation First Team award and an All-American Honorable Mention.<ref name="Kahn"/><ref name="Yucaipa">{{Cite news |url=http://www.newsmirror.net/news/sports/article_7c1422dc-2a72-58d2-90bd-e9ec1c6fd83d.html?mode=jqm |title= Local athlete inducted into the Hall of Fame |date=1 May 2008 |publisher=News Mirror}}</ref> He was also named the most valuable basketball player for the Desert Valley League that same year.<ref name="Kahn"/> He continued playing both sports into college.<ref name="Kahn"/><ref name="Yucaipa"/>
While at San Diego State University Hare started playing volleyball and later moved into beach volleyball. His beach volleyball career lasted between 1968 and 1978.<ref name="Kahn"/> In 1975 Hare and partner, Fred Zuelich, won the first ever Volleyball World Championship held in at the then San Diego Sports Arena.<ref name="Kahn"/><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.strength-and-power-for-volleyball.com/beach-volleyball-history.html |title= History of the AVP Beach volleyball history, sponsors, and locations of first tournaments |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.bvbinfo.com/history.asp |title= Beach Volleyball History |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> He teamed up with Jim Menges to win the Hermosa Beach Open in 1976.<ref name="Yucaipa"/><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=367 |title= Jim Menges |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> Hare entered and won several other notable tournaments including winning, with his partner, Fred Zuelich, the first commercially-sponsored event in 1974,<ref name="Quest">{{Cite web |url= http://library.thinkquest.org/3369/vball/beachhis.htm |title= History of Beach Volleyball |accessdate= 18 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010413170356/http://library.thinkquest.org/3369/vball/beachhis.htm |archive-date= 13 April 2001 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="Growth">{{Cite web |url= http://www.volleyballadvisors.com/sand-volleyball.html |title= The Growth of Sand Volleyball - Famous Players and Legends on the Beach |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> and the first indoor championship, also in that year.<ref name="Kahn"/><ref name="Quest"/> He also won three Senior Olympic tournaments, amassing a total of eight career wins.<ref name="Kahn"/> In 2008 he was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association Hall of Fame.<ref name="Kahn"/>
==Artistic career== Hare’s artistic career started in 1979 when he first began to paint in watercolors, soon becoming a member of the National Watercolor Society. It was while doing illustrations for his book on beach volleyball that his interest in art developed.<ref name="Vasquez"/> By 1986 Hare was exclusively working in oils. "Hare's early figurative work catapulted him to success in the 1980s".<ref name="Clark">{{Citation |first=Erin |last=Clark |title=Art Works 2006: ''No Compromise, Dennis Hare'' |pages=23–29 |others=Cover illustrations |year=2006}}</ref> Hare is a self-taught artist, having visited museums and studied the work of classic talents to develop his own skill.<ref name="Program"/>
Hare works mainly in oil<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20130604/parties-for-the-necklace-bring-home-funds-for-redlands-conservancy |title=Parties for Necklace bring home funds for Redlands Conservancy |date=3 June 2013}}</ref> but uses a variety of material in his pieces, especially discarded items, junk and especially objects that show signs of weathering.<ref name="Vasquez"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131024/redlands-artists-plan-holiday-studio-tour |title=Redland artists plan holiday studio tour |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225111342/http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131024/redlands-artists-plan-holiday-studio-tour |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Carasso |first=Roberta |title=Legacy in Continuum: Bay Area Figuration |publisher=Bakersfield Museum of Art |year=2012}}</ref>
Hare's art work is on display at his home studio.<ref name="HareArt"/><ref name="Two"/> His pieces appeared in private galleries such as the Westbrook Galleries, Art Cube, the Crocker Art Museum,<ref name="Vasquez"/> and the Donna Seager Gallery in Laguna Beach, San Rafael and Carmel.<ref name="Vasquez"/><ref name="Pfeiffer">{{Cite news |url= http://redlands.patch.com/groups/nikyah-thomas-pfeiffers-blog/p/bp--athlete-turned-artist-dennis-hare-brings-works-to37d6a5fcc4 |title= Athlete Turned Artist Dennis Hare Brings Works To Redlands Community Hospital Foundation "Evening with the Artists" |date=25 March 2013 |first=Nickyah |last=Thomas-Pfeiffer}}</ref> He is represented by galleries in New York, San Francisco and Laguna Beach<ref name="Whetzel1"/> as well as in other parts of the United States.<ref name="Pfeiffer"/> His work was featured at the Charles Campbell Gallery (later the Campbell Thiebaud Gallery), San Francisco, for over a decade.<ref name="Pfeiffer"/><ref>{{Citation |title=Introductions '89 Dennis Hare Oil Paintings |publisher=Charles Campbell Gallery San Francisco}}</ref>
In 1993 the Salander O'Reilly Gallery featured Hare in the show, Four West Coast Painters: Nathan Oliveira, David Park, Dennis Hare and Larry Cohen. In 1995 Hare was included in the Campbell -Thiebaud Gallery show, The Figure: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Balthus, Elmer Bischoff, Joan Brown, de Kooning, De Staebler, Diebenkorn, Chuck Eckart, Dennis Hare and Manuel Neri. Hare was also represented by The Allan Stone Gallery in New York and the Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco.
Hare gave frequent lectures and workshops on self-expression and the artist within.<ref name="Statement"/>
Hare resided in Mentone, California in a hacienda-type bungalow which he redesigned.<ref name="Whetzel1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/lifestyle/20131203/artists-home-studio-to-be-on-ymca-holiday-home-tour |title=Artist's home, studio to be on YMCA Holiday Home Tour |date=3 December 2013 |first=Carolyn |last=Whetzel |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225093009/http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/lifestyle/20131203/artists-home-studio-to-be-on-ymca-holiday-home-tour |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This hosts his art studio with an extensive collection of his work,<ref name="Whetzel"/><ref name="HareArt">{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20130507/party-for-the-necklace-in-redlands-to-feature-art-of-dennis-hare |title=Party for the Necklace in Redlands to feature art of Dennis Hare |date=6 May 2013 |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts }}</ref><ref name="Two">{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20130430/two-parties-for-the-necklace-scheduled-in-may |title=Two Parties for the Necklace scheduled in May |date=29 April 2013 |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts}}</ref> which was featured by the local YMCA in its 2013 Holiday Home Tour.<ref name="Whetzel1"/> In 2013 he also donated art to the Family Service Association of Redlands towards their fundraising efforts.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/social-affairs/20130910/dinner-in-the-grove-scheduled-for-september-28 |title=Dinner in the Grove scheduled for September 28 |date=10 September 2013 |publisher=Redlands Daily Facts |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225112852/http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/social-affairs/20130910/dinner-in-the-grove-scheduled-for-september-28 |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://dennishare.com/}} * {{Beach Volleyball Database}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hare, Dennis}} Category:Artists from California Category:American abstract artists Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:San Diego State University alumni