New York, California. Born 1943
Conceptual installations, assemblage, African-American genre
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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
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New York, Illinois. 1922 - 2004
Modernist morose figure-genre and portrait painting, collage
New York, California. Born 1969
Silhouette figures, racial themed work
Connecticut, New York. 1945 - 2017
Black portrait figure social commentary painting
District Of Columbia, New York / Mexico. 1915 - 2012
Abstract sculpture, modernist figure and portrait painting, graphics
New York. 1939 - 2018
Abstract mosaic-like paintings, African-American themes, wood carved sculpture
California. Born 1926
Assemblage, collage-racial issues, cultural artifacts
Illinois, New York, California. 1918 - 1979
Black-American figure and genre and mural painting
New York. 1929 - 2003
Mod urban-ethnic imagery, etching
Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, New Mexico. 1915 - 1999
Figure in desolate landscape painting, surrealism, teaching
District Of Columbia, Kentucky. 1933 - 2022
Abstract color field and drape painting, collage, graphics
Michigan, New York. 1935 - 2005
Geometric abstract painting, collage reliefs
New York, Louisiana, Michigan / France. 1926 - 2019
Shaped canvas, abstract stain painting, collage
New York, California. 1934 - 2011
Minimalist sculpture-dark lacquered, shining forms, painting
California, Massachusetts. 1888 - 1967
Mod figure, sculptor, graphics, mural
Illinois. 1935 - 2023
Biomorphic, nature themed sculpture, found objects, graphics
California. 1924 - 2002
Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction
New York, California. 1925 - 1969
Mod figure, abstraction, illustration
New York, North Carolina. 1907 - 1977
Abstract expressionist painting, portraits, lithography, murals
Georgia, New York / France. 1900 - 1980
Southern poverty images-paintings and history murals
New York. 1903 - 1972
Assemblage-boxes, collage
Tennessee, New York / France. 1901 - 1979
Lyrical abstract painting, city scenes-jazz
New York, California. 1924 - 2024
Modernist landscape-imagery
Illinois / South Africa. Born 1973
Urban planning themes, installations, performance art, sculpture
New York / England. Born 1936
Non-objective imagery, abstract painting
Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts / Italy. 1937 - 1966
Figurative expressionist painting, religion
New York, California. 1928 - 2022
Pop images, flat image cartoon-like figures, fantasy, surrealism
Kansas, California. 1933 - 2008
Abstraction, collage, funk art and film making
Illinois, Georgia. 1913 - 1996
Female figure, jazz musicians, portrait and genre painting
California, Alabama. 1917 - 2004
Sculptor-assemblage
New York, Massachusetts. 1935 - 2024
Geometric sculpture, drawing
District Of Columbia. 1891 - 1978
Non objective-optical imagery painting, teaching