Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
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Po Box 2137
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Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
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1936 Roselle Park, New Jersey - 2000 Belchertown, Massachusetts. Known for: Self portrait, fantasy views and still-life painting.
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in these paintings often probes social and psychological issues of gender and identity. Gillespie studied art in New York City at Cooper Union where he was much influenced by books of 14th and 15th century Italian painting and also by Max Beckmann. He... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in these paintings often probes social and psychological issues of gender and identity. Gillespie studied art in New York City at Cooper Union where he was much influenced by books of 14th and 15th century Italian painting and also by Max Beckmann. He earned an M.F.A. degree at the San Francisco Art Institute and studied in Italy for eight years where he immersed... Read full biography
Gregory Gillespie - Artist Info
About Gregory Gillespie: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsButler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Sara Roby Foundation Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
G St. NW & 8th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014