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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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About Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2604National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014