The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Born 1936 Bartica, Essequibo, Guyana. Known for: Non-objective imagery, abstract painting.
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however,... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex paintings in which he plays with structure through collaged and brightly painted shapes. He was elected in 2005 as the first black member of England's Royal Academy. Bowling moved in 1950 to England, where he fulfilled his National Service obligation by... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex paintings in which he plays with structure through collaged and brightly painted shapes. He was elected in 2005 as the first black member of England's Royal Academy. Bowling moved in 1950 to England, where he fulfilled his National Service obligation by serving in the Royal Air Force. Turning at first to poetry and art, he then attended a number of English art schools, in... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCollecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesBlack Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997Powell, Richard J256 pages (color)St. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
1997Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface)625 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976
1976McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee432 pages (color)Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973Cederholm, Theresa Dickason348 pagesContemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Doty, Robert64 pages (color)Afro-American Artists New York and Boston
1970
(Exhibition catalog)National Cent/Afro-Am Artists80 pages