Akron Art Museum
70 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44308-2084
Akron, OH 44308-2084
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Museums page for Robert H Colescott ((1925 - 2009)), known for Mod satire-genre, crowds-objects. Showing 15 museum collections and exhibitions.
Robert H Colescott MUSEUMS
1925 Oakland, California - 2009 Tucson, Arizona. Known for: Mod satire-genre, crowds-objects.
Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the... Read full biography
Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the early Cubism of French artists Marc Chagall and Fernand Leger, with whom he studied in Paris for a... Read full biography
Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the early Cubism of French artists Marc Chagall and Fernand Leger, with whom he studied in Paris for a year. Of his figurative painting, it was written that his "garishly, powerful canvases lampooned racial and sexual stereotypes with rakish imagery, lurid colors, and almost tangible glee. People of all... Read full biography
Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the early Cubism of French artists Marc Chagall and Fernand Leger, with whom he studied in Paris for a year. Of his figurative painting, it was written that his "garishly, powerful canvases lampooned racial and sexual stereotypes with rakish imagery, lurid colors, and almost tangible glee. People of all colors haunt Mr. Colescott's paintings, mostly as chimerical stereotypes that exchange attributes freely. Their mottled skin tones often suggest one race seeping through another. Their tumultuous interaction evoke a volatile mixture of suspicion,... Read full biography
Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the early Cubism of French artists Marc Chagall and Fernand Leger, with whom he studied in Paris for a year. Of his figurative painting, it was written that his "garishly, powerful canvases lampooned racial and sexual stereotypes with rakish imagery, lurid colors, and almost tangible glee. People of all colors haunt Mr. Colescott's paintings, mostly as chimerical stereotypes that exchange attributes freely. Their mottled skin tones often suggest one race seeping through another. Their tumultuous interaction evoke a volatile mixture of suspicion, desire, pain and vitality. His slurred shapes, wobbly drawing and patchy brushwork imply that no truths can be... Read full biography
Robert H Colescott - Artist Info
About Robert H Colescott: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222California African American Museum
Exposition Park
600 State Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Roswell Museum and Art Center
100 West 11th
Roswell, NM 88201San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85718Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403