The following information was submitted by Diane Roby, associate of the artist. Oliver Lee Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman whose work is grounded in figuration. Oliver... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Diane Roby, associate of the artist. Oliver Lee Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman whose work is grounded in figuration. Oliver Jackson was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Diane Roby, associate of the artist. Oliver Lee Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman whose work is grounded in figuration. Oliver Jackson was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington (B.F.A. 1958); served in the U.S. Army (honorable discharge, 1961); and attended University of Iowa, Iowa City (MFA 1963). In the 1960s he was active with community cultural projects in St. Louis as... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Diane Roby, associate of the artist. Oliver Lee Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman whose work is grounded in figuration. Oliver Jackson was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington (B.F.A. 1958); served in the U.S. Army (honorable discharge, 1961); and attended University of Iowa, Iowa City (MFA 1963). In the 1960s he was active with community cultural projects in St. Louis as Assistant Director of People's Art Center (1963-4), and Director of Program Uhuru (1967-8), which he created at Pruitt & Igoe public housing to bring arts programs to low-income African Americans. During those years, Jackson became involved with the... Read full biography
The following information was submitted by Diane Roby, associate of the artist. Oliver Lee Jackson is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draftsman whose work is grounded in figuration. Oliver Jackson was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington (B.F.A. 1958); served in the U.S. Army (honorable discharge, 1961); and attended University of Iowa, Iowa City (MFA 1963). In the 1960s he was active with community cultural projects in St. Louis as Assistant Director of People's Art Center (1963-4), and Director of Program Uhuru (1967-8), which he created at Pruitt & Igoe public housing to bring arts programs to low-income African Americans. During those years, Jackson became involved with the Black Artists Group through his association with Julius Hemphill and others, acting as consultant and collaborat... Read full biography
Oliver Lee Jackson - Artist Info
About Oliver Lee Jackson: Books
Books & Publications (21)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Selections: The San Jose Mluseum of Art Permanent Collection
2004
Landauer, Susan (Intro)
0 pages
Point from Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists Group of St. Louis
2004
Looker, Benjamin
0 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Local Color: The di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art
1999
di Rosa, Rene; Richard Reisman
0 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Masks and Mirrors: African-American Art 1750-Present
1998
0 pages
Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998
Taha, Halima
270 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
African American Art and Artists
1990
Lewis, Samella, Ph.D
0 pages
California Painters/New Work
1989
Hopkins, Henry
143 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
In the African-American Grain
1987
Callahan, John F
0 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
World Art Trends
1983
Pradel, Jean-louise (editor)
200 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory