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Samuel (Sam) Middleton BIOGRAPHY
1927 New York City - 2015 Schagen, Netherlands. Known for: Abstract painting, collage, jazz music motif.
The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist. SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY. By John A. Williams. One part of the mischief is that he has pulled... Read full biography
The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist. SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY. By John A. Williams. One part of the mischief is that he has pulled it off after all -- the business of being one's own person without being considered a ranting rebel,... Read full biography
The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist. SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY. By John A. Williams. One part of the mischief is that he has pulled it off after all -- the business of being one's own person without being considered a ranting rebel, a choleric contrarian, or an obnoxious outsider. The other part of the mischief is what he calls the "small stealing" of things, materials for his collages. They can come from anywhere, anyplace, and... Read full biography
The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist. SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY. By John A. Williams. One part of the mischief is that he has pulled it off after all -- the business of being one's own person without being considered a ranting rebel, a choleric contrarian, or an obnoxious outsider. The other part of the mischief is what he calls the "small stealing" of things, materials for his collages. They can come from anywhere, anyplace, and he collects them all the time. Musicians might call this "sampling.'. The root of the melancholy, which is not unmixed with nostalgia, may lie in the cost of becoming the master collagist, draftsman, and the painter we know today as Sam Middleton.... Read full biography
The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist. SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY. By John A. Williams. One part of the mischief is that he has pulled it off after all -- the business of being one's own person without being considered a ranting rebel, a choleric contrarian, or an obnoxious outsider. The other part of the mischief is what he calls the "small stealing" of things, materials for his collages. They can come from anywhere, anyplace, and he collects them all the time. Musicians might call this "sampling.'. The root of the melancholy, which is not unmixed with nostalgia, may lie in the cost of becoming the master collagist, draftsman, and the painter we know today as Sam Middleton. As well, those Harlem experiences that shaped him no longer do. The physical Harlem is gone, too; the shops,... Read full biography
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The following entry was submitted May 2004 by Johanna Kalff-Middleton, wife of the artist.
SAM MIDDLETON: MISCHIEF AND MELANCHOLY
By John A. Williams
One part of the mischief is that he has pulled it off after all -- the business of being one's own person without being considered a ranting rebel, a choleric contrarian, or an obnoxious outsider. The other part of the mischief is what he calls the "small stealing" of things, materials for his collages. They can come from anywhere, anyplace, and he collects them all the time. Musicians might call this "sampling.'
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