California. 1928 - 2016
Super real genre-figure, still life
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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
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New York, Georgia, Indiana. Born 1938
Photo-realistic dining scene painting, commercial art
New York / United Kingdom. Born 1937
Photog real painting
California. 1932 - 2020
Photo real street scenes, genre and interior scene painting
New York, Maine, Illinois. Born 1932
Super real urban view painting, reflections
New York. 1940 - 2021
Photo-grid real portrait pencil drawing
New York, Massachusetts. 1937 - 2014
Photo real vehicle painting, sculpture
New Jersey. 1930 - 2020
Optical art illusion, collage, graphics
New York. 1924 - 2022
Realist nude figure painting,, interiors and townscape
California. 1938 - 2008
Human figure and memorial sculpture
New York, Maine. Born 1927
Post modernist figure and still-life painting, printmaking
New York. 1931 - 2024
Super real figure-genre and still life painting
New York, Massachusetts / Italy. 1913 - 2000
Canvas collage, surreal cityscape
New York, Oklahoma. 1935 - 1995
Large-scale photo real still-life painting
New York, Texas / Italy. Born 1955
Modernist figure, sculpture, graphics, drawing
New York. 1923 - 2002
Modernist pop figure, word image genre painting
New York, Massachusetts. 1936 - 2024
Geometric minimal image painting, collage
California. 1935 - 2018
Super flashy nude, pop icon painting, superheroes
Connecticut, North Carolina / Germany. 1888 - 1976
Serial geometric, non objective painting
New York, California. 1939 - 2024
Site-specific geometric sculpure, monumental abstraction
New York. 1929 - 2022
Whimsical pop art sculpture, public installations
New York, Connecticut. Born 1937
Geometric, minimal abstract painting
New York, Tennessee. Born 1937
Assemblage, pop-art painting, circus themes, whimsy
New York / Japan. Born 1937
Op art, abstract expressionist painting, earth art
New York, Connecticut. 1956 - 2022
Modern figure painting; cartoonish collages
New York. 1941 - 2025
Abstract geometric sculpture, minimalism, abstract drawing
New York / Taiwan, Province of China. Born 1942
Photo real nude figure painting
New York, Maryland. 1933 - 1993
Super real object, flowers and genre painting
New York / France. 1923 - 2015
Minimalist painting and sculpture
New York. Born 1930
Modernist flags, pop symbol painting, sculpture
New York, Maine, Indiana. 1928 - 2018
Hard-edged signs-calligraphy, pop objects, sculpture
California. 1934 - 2014
Photo-real equestrian genre, still life and landscape painting, photography