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Museums page for Frank Bowling ((Born 1936)), known for Non-objective imagery, abstract painting. Showing 14 museum collections and exhibitions.
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Born 1936 Bartica, Essequibo, Guyana. Known for: Non-objective imagery, abstract painting.
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however,... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex paintings in which he plays with structure through collaged and brightly painted shapes. He was elected in 2005 as the first black member of England's Royal Academy. Bowling moved in 1950 to England, where he fulfilled his National Service obligation by... Read full biography
Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America. Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex paintings in which he plays with structure through collaged and brightly painted shapes. He was elected in 2005 as the first black member of England's Royal Academy. Bowling moved in 1950 to England, where he fulfilled his National Service obligation by serving in the Royal Air Force. Turning at first to poetry and art, he then attended a number of English art schools, in... Read full biography
Frank Bowling - Artist Info
About Frank Bowling: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (14)
All MuseumsMetropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Gallery of Jamaica
12 Ocean Boulevard, Block C
Kingston, JamaicaNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London
Bankside
Se1 9Tg
London, United KingdomThe Currier Museum of Art
201 Myrtle Way
Manchester, NH 03104The Menil Collection
1515 Sul Ross Street
Houston, TX 77006Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London, United KingdomWalker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014