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Roger Brown BIOGRAPHY
1941 Hamilton, Alabama - 1997. Known for: Abstract landscape painting, ceramics, imagist artist.
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.... Read full biography
Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues. In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.... Read full biography
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Born in Alabama, he became one of the most celebrated of a group of Chicago artists called "Imagists," creating edgy, cartoon-like paintings of urban trauma. His specialty were whimsical cityscapes that often touched upon social issues.
In 1987, a retrospective was held of his work at the Washington D.C. Hirshhorn Museum. He donated a collection of 30 paintings and his homes in Chicago, La Conchita, California, and New Buffalo, Michigan to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago....But wait, there's more...
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