New York. 1909 - 1979
Non objective, ethnic genre-view painting
Page loaded successfully. Showing similar artists for Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson.
Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson SIMILAR ARTISTS
1937 Louisville, Kentucky - 1966 Rome, Italy. Known for: Figurative expressionist painting, religion.
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless figures. Among his paintings were Flagellation of Christ and St. George and the Dragon. Living among avant-garde artists in New York City, where he briefly had a studio on Rivington Street, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he was at odds with the... Read full biography
An African-American, Bob Thompson had success in the 1960s as an artist, which was unusual for black artists of that era and led to his becoming a pivotal figure for African-American artists and for art historians. However, his life was cut short when he died in Rome in 1966 just before his twenty-ninth birthday. Thompson was a modernist who adapted Paul Gauguin's Fauvist use of interlocking planes of bright colors. He often used Biblical subjects, and created an effect of idealized, faceless figures. Among his paintings were Flagellation of Christ and St. George and the Dragon. Living among avant-garde artists in New York City, where he briefly had a studio on Rivington Street, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he was at odds with the prevalent Pop and Op art style of the time. He was also rebellious in that he... Read full biography
Page shows 3 sample artworks and 32 artists similar to Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson. Sample images show some of Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson's highest-priced auction results. Similar artists are ranked by similarity to Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson's work and style.
Sample Images for Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson
Carousel showing 3 sample artworks by Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson. Use arrow keys to navigate, or click the indicator dots.
Carousel auto-advances every 5 seconds. Use arrow keys to manually navigate and stop auto-rotation.
Slide 1 of 3: Music Lesson
Music Lesson
Bob (Robert Louis) ThompsonMusic Lesson
Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson
Nativity Scene
Bob (Robert Louis) ThompsonArtists Similar to Bob (Robert Louis) Thompson (32)
Collection of similar artists. Use arrow keys to navigate between artists, Enter or Space to select an artist, Home to go to first artist, End to go to last artist. Collection contains 32 artists.
New York, North Carolina. 1907 - 1977
Abstract expressionist painting, portraits, lithography, murals
Tennessee, New York / France. 1901 - 1979
Lyrical abstract painting, city scenes-jazz
District Of Columbia. 1891 - 1978
Non objective-optical imagery painting, teaching
New York, Kansas. 1899 - 1979
African-American genre painting, illustration, mural
Georgia, New York / France. 1900 - 1980
Southern poverty images-paintings and history murals
New York, Illinois. 1916 - 2015
Modernist social life genre and nude women painting, graphics
Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, New Mexico. 1915 - 1999
Figure in desolate landscape painting, surrealism, teaching
Illinois, District Of Columbia. 1914 - 1985
Harlequin figure portrait paintings, clownsset design, playwright
New York, Massachusetts. 1900 - 1982
Cubist and geometric expressionist painting
New York, North Carolina. 1911 - 1988
Modernist African-American figure and landscape painting, collage
New York. 1912 - 1963
Biomorphic abstract, early surreal
District Of Columbia, New York / Mexico. 1915 - 2012
Abstract sculpture, modernist figure and portrait painting, graphics
Illinois, New York, California. 1918 - 1979
Black-American figure and genre and mural painting
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Brunswick / Canada. 1828 - 1901
Idealized landscape, marine, portrait and still life painting
New York, Georgia. 1930 - 2006
Ethnic genre painting, abstraction, collage
New York, Maine / France. 1890 - 1973
African-American figure, ethnic urban genre
New York, Connecticut / Russian Federation. 1904 - 1948
Painting-abstract expressionism, surrealism, automatism
District Of Columbia, Kentucky. 1933 - 2022
Abstract color field and drape painting, collage, graphics
New York / Philippines. 1916 - 1990
Surreal view, assemblages, mural, paintings, sculptor, collage and assemblage
Pennsylvania, Kansas / France. 1859 - 1937
Painting-religious, Orientalism, genre, figure, landscape
New York. 1922 - 1997
Abstract expressionist painting, biomorph, geometric, surrealism
Michigan, New York. 1935 - 2005
Geometric abstract painting, collage reliefs
New York, Tennessee. 1904 - 1991
Street genre, figure, portrait, mural
New York. 1936 - 2024
Multi-media, modernist figure, collage-assemblage, happenings
New York, New Jersey. 1917 - 2000
Modernist naive urban genre-figure painting
California. Born 1926
Assemblage, collage-racial issues, cultural artifacts
Virginia, Texas. 1924 - 2001
Narrative mural painting-African-American subjects
New York / Russian Federation, England, France. 1881/86 - 1961
Modernist female portrait, figure, and landscape painting
New York, Minnesota. 1916 - 1992
Biomorphic to minimal painting, portrait
New York, Pennsylvania / Spain. 1903 - 2001
Abstract expressionist painting, assemblage
New York. 1924 - 2007
Abstract expressionist painting, collage