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Born 1935 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Super real facades, mechanisms, letterforms, photography.
Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie... Read full biography
Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban symbols he utilizes to construct... Read full biography
Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban symbols he utilizes to construct his complex paintings. He ferrets out the architectural details, symbols, and letter fragments of facades from the 1940s and '50s, giving us a glimpse of a true American folk art; garish, trite, yet... Read full biography
Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban symbols he utilizes to construct his complex paintings. He ferrets out the architectural details, symbols, and letter fragments of facades from the 1940s and '50s, giving us a glimpse of a true American folk art; garish, trite, yet somehow endearing. Cottingham finds more than just the materials of a sign fascinating. "Commercial signs are amazing" he says. "Here are these elaborate, monumental structures designed solely to tell you that this is where you can buy a hamburger or a... Read full biography
Robert Cottingham lives and works on an eighteenth century New England farm, but the subject matter he paints is strictly urban. Tattoo parlors, seamy bar fronts, five-and-dime stores, trashy movie marquees, or the advertising on a pancake house are all the urban symbols he utilizes to construct his complex paintings. He ferrets out the architectural details, symbols, and letter fragments of facades from the 1940s and '50s, giving us a glimpse of a true American folk art; garish, trite, yet somehow endearing. Cottingham finds more than just the materials of a sign fascinating. "Commercial signs are amazing" he says. "Here are these elaborate, monumental structures designed solely to tell you that this is where you can buy a hamburger or a pack of cigarettes. You can see these signs as hilarious or pathetic. All that effort, all the pomposity just to sell yo... Read full biography
Robert Cottingham - Artist Info
About Robert Cottingham: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (37)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Ball State University Museum of Art
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, IN 47306Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
480 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3886Delaware Art Museum
2301 Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19806Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Figge Art Museum
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, IA 52804-4520Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Reynolda House-Museum of American Art
Museum of American Art
Po Box 11765
Winston-Salem, NC 27116San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7500Swope Art Museum
25 South Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807Tampa Museum of Art
120 W Gasparilla Plaza
Tampa, FL 33602Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London
Bankside
Se1 9Tg
London, United KingdomThe Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
200 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271