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1919 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 2003 Stockholm, Sweden. Known for: Figurative abstraction.
Herbert Gentry's subject matter is inherently social, and nearly always peopled. He was deeply influenced by jazz, which emerges as a powerful presence in the rhythms of his paintings. His figures... Read full biography
Herbert Gentry's subject matter is inherently social, and nearly always peopled. He was deeply influenced by jazz, which emerges as a powerful presence in the rhythms of his paintings. His figures are outlined by color - breathing and gregarious, often an inherent sweetness emerges with the... Read full biography
Herbert Gentry's subject matter is inherently social, and nearly always peopled. He was deeply influenced by jazz, which emerges as a powerful presence in the rhythms of his paintings. His figures are outlined by color - breathing and gregarious, often an inherent sweetness emerges with the childlike openness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Gentry was raised in Harlem during its heyday, the highly creative period before World War II. He served as a member of the Armed Forces during that period,... Read full biography
Herbert Gentry's subject matter is inherently social, and nearly always peopled. He was deeply influenced by jazz, which emerges as a powerful presence in the rhythms of his paintings. His figures are outlined by color - breathing and gregarious, often an inherent sweetness emerges with the childlike openness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Gentry was raised in Harlem during its heyday, the highly creative period before World War II. He served as a member of the Armed Forces during that period, and his commitment to art was defined by his return to Paris in 1946 where he studied painting. Releasing his experiences upon the canvas, his autobiographical elements are propelled through feeling in spontaneous painting. "I paint what I experience,... Read full biography
Herbert Gentry's subject matter is inherently social, and nearly always peopled. He was deeply influenced by jazz, which emerges as a powerful presence in the rhythms of his paintings. His figures are outlined by color - breathing and gregarious, often an inherent sweetness emerges with the childlike openness. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Gentry was raised in Harlem during its heyday, the highly creative period before World War II. He served as a member of the Armed Forces during that period, and his commitment to art was defined by his return to Paris in 1946 where he studied painting. Releasing his experiences upon the canvas, his autobiographical elements are propelled through feeling in spontaneous painting. "I paint what I experience, who I am, in the Black world, especially in America, there's a thing that you can't forget where you came from, y... Read full biography
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About Herbert Gentry: Keywords
Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Allan & Susan Marion Collection
- •Schomburg Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean