Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510
Norfolk, VA 23510
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Museums page for Thomas Victor Downing Jr ((1928 - 1985)), known for Modernist-optical, geometric painting, teaching. Showing 15 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1928 Suffolk, Virginia - 1985. Known for: Modernist-optical, geometric painting, teaching.
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of his compositions were arranged small dots of pure color on unprimed canvas, and other works were monochromatic geometric shapes linked to letters of the alphabet. Thomas Downing studied at Catholic University in the 1950s, worked primarily in... Read full biography
Thomas Victor Downing (1928-1985). An abstract painter whose specialty was manipulating saturated acrylic paint to experiment with various shapes and optical color contrasts, Thomas Victor Downing was part of the Washington Color Painters who exhibited together in 1965 at the Washington DC Gallery of Modern Art. Downing believed that color was the most important focus of a painting and that geometric forms, especially circles, were the most effective shapes to hold color onto a canvas. Many of his compositions were arranged small dots of pure color on unprimed canvas, and other works were monochromatic geometric shapes linked to letters of the alphabet. Thomas Downing studied at Catholic University in the 1950s, worked primarily in Washington DC and exhibited there at the Corcoran Gallery. Other exhibition venues were the Whitney Museum of Modern Art and t... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090Wallrof Richartz Museum
Koln, GermanyWhitney 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