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1937 Louisville, Kentucky - 1966 Rome, Italy. Known for: Figurative expressionist painting, religion.
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless figures. Among his paintings were Flagellation of Christ and St. George and the Dragon. Living among avant-garde artists in New York City, where he briefly had a studio on Rivington Street, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he was at odds with the... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless figures. Among his paintings were Flagellation of Christ and St. George and the Dragon. Living among avant-garde artists in New York City, where he briefly had a studio on Rivington Street, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he was at odds with the prevalent Pop and Op art style of the time. He was also rebellious in that he... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Self-Portrait
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art School
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
- •Walter Gutman Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Evans-Tibbs Collections
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art