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1928 Charleston, South Carolina - 2013 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, portraits, gallery owner.
The following was submitted by the artist, September 2004. One of eight children, Merton Simpson was born in 1928 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. While hospitalized with childhood... Read full biography
The following was submitted by the artist, September 2004. One of eight children, Merton Simpson was born in 1928 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. While hospitalized with childhood diphtheria, he took to drawing. His talent was soon recognized by several Charlestonians, among them William... Read full biography
The following was submitted by the artist, September 2004. One of eight children, Merton Simpson was born in 1928 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. While hospitalized with childhood diphtheria, he took to drawing. His talent was soon recognized by several Charlestonians, among them William Halsey, an artist who gave private instruction to the young Simpson. While working with Halsey, Simpson also worked at the Gibbes Museum, the only African American in the still segregated... Read full biography
The following was submitted by the artist, September 2004. One of eight children, Merton Simpson was born in 1928 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. While hospitalized with childhood diphtheria, he took to drawing. His talent was soon recognized by several Charlestonians, among them William Halsey, an artist who gave private instruction to the young Simpson. While working with Halsey, Simpson also worked at the Gibbes Museum, the only African American in the still segregated institution. Though not an orphan, Simpson was also a member of the Jenkins Orphanage Band, another important early experience, as music has been a lifelong inspiration to the artist. Simpson moved to New York in 1948 where he studied at the Cooper Union and at... Read full biography
The following was submitted by the artist, September 2004. One of eight children, Merton Simpson was born in 1928 and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. While hospitalized with childhood diphtheria, he took to drawing. His talent was soon recognized by several Charlestonians, among them William Halsey, an artist who gave private instruction to the young Simpson. While working with Halsey, Simpson also worked at the Gibbes Museum, the only African American in the still segregated institution. Though not an orphan, Simpson was also a member of the Jenkins Orphanage Band, another important early experience, as music has been a lifelong inspiration to the artist. Simpson moved to New York in 1948 where he studied at the Cooper Union and at New York University, where one of his professors was Hale Woodruff. He also worked at Benevy's Fra... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •Europe
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Professional Museum and Art/ or Art Gallerist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Art Movement
- •Spiral Group, African-American Collective
Exhibition of Museum
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting