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1938 Atlanta, Georgia - 2020 Bedford, New Hampshire. Known for: Modernist figurative imagery and portrait painting, printmaking, collage, textile art.
Emma Amos, born in 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects her African-American heritage through paintings, prints and weavings that explore political and social issues of Black life. Amos received a B.A.... Read full biography
Emma Amos, born in 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects her African-American heritage through paintings, prints and weavings that explore political and social issues of Black life. Amos received a B.A. degree in 1958 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; a B.F.A. degree in 1959 in England at... Read full biography
Emma Amos, born in 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects her African-American heritage through paintings, prints and weavings that explore political and social issues of Black life. Amos received a B.A. degree in 1958 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; a B.F.A. degree in 1959 in England at the London Central School; and an M.A. degree in 1966 from New York University on New York City. In her own teaching career, Amos has taught at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, since 1980. Since 1987,... Read full biography
Emma Amos, born in 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects her African-American heritage through paintings, prints and weavings that explore political and social issues of Black life. Amos received a B.A. degree in 1958 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; a B.F.A. degree in 1959 in England at the London Central School; and an M.A. degree in 1966 from New York University on New York City. In her own teaching career, Amos has taught at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, since 1980. Since 1987, she has also held a leadership position at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine. Emma Amos's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis;... Read full biography
Emma Amos, born in 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, reflects her African-American heritage through paintings, prints and weavings that explore political and social issues of Black life. Amos received a B.A. degree in 1958 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; a B.F.A. degree in 1959 in England at the London Central School; and an M.A. degree in 1966 from New York University on New York City. In her own teaching career, Amos has taught at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, since 1980. Since 1987, she has also held a leadership position at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Maine. Emma Amos's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis; Dade County Museum of Art, Miami, Florida; United States Embassy, London; and Skandinaviska Enskilda Bankn, Stockholm, Sweden. Amo... Read full biography
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Keywords (27)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •Italy
- •Long Island, New York
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art School
- •Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Student
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- •Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship and/orTravel Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Wikipedia Category of Top American Women Painters
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Art Movement
- •Spiral Group, African-American Collective
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York