Artist
Harold Stevenson
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Harold Stevenson (1929–2018) was an American painter associated with Pop Art, known for his monumental and provocative depictions of the male nude. Born in Idabel, Oklahoma, he moved to New York in the late 1950s and became part of the city’s dynamic art scene alongside artists such as Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.
He gained international recognition in 1962 with The New Adam, a nine-meter-long painting that challenged conventions of scale, sexuality, and representation. Stevenson’s work explores themes of beauty, desire, and identity through a meticulous, highly detailed style that bridges classical references and contemporary visual culture.
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