Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502
Youngstown, OH 44502
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Museums page for Robert Blackburn ((1920 - 2003)), known for Mod imagery printmaking, educator. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1920 Summit, New Jersey - 2003 New York City. Known for: Mod imagery printmaking, educator.
New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he... Read full biography
New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he established a cooperative press, the Printmaking Workshop. In the mid-1950s, he traveled and studied in... Read full biography
New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he established a cooperative press, the Printmaking Workshop. In the mid-1950s, he traveled and studied in Europe. He collaborated with such artists as Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg from 1959 to 1963 as the first master printer for Universal Limited Art Editions in West... Read full biography
New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he established a cooperative press, the Printmaking Workshop. In the mid-1950s, he traveled and studied in Europe. He collaborated with such artists as Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg from 1959 to 1963 as the first master printer for Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, New York, where he often taught these artists the medium. He then returned exclusively to the Printmaking Workshop. Among his numerous honors are a MacArthur Fellowship (1992) and lifetime achievement awards from Skowhegan (1987) and the... Read full biography
New Jersey-born artist, teacher, and master printmaker, Robert Blackburn is best known for his pioneering contributions to the development of abstract color lithography. In New York in 1948 he established a cooperative press, the Printmaking Workshop. In the mid-1950s, he traveled and studied in Europe. He collaborated with such artists as Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg from 1959 to 1963 as the first master printer for Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, New York, where he often taught these artists the medium. He then returned exclusively to the Printmaking Workshop. Among his numerous honors are a MacArthur Fellowship (1992) and lifetime achievement awards from Skowhegan (1987) and the College Art Association (2000). Blackburn died at the age of 82 on April 21, 2003 in New York.... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMunson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607The Bronx Museum of The Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10456The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455