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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Books & Publications (11)
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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
With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003
Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)
38 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
African American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
San Antonio Museum of Art
67 pages (color)
An Ocean Apart: American Artists Abroad October 8, 1982-January 9, 1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
31 pages (color)
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
Amistad II Afro-American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Driskell, David C
92 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
Forty Artists under Forty From the Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)