Robert Colescott
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Robert Colescott | |
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| File:RobertCHeartbreak.jpg Heartbreak Hotel (1990), oil on canvas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Genre works |
| Movement | Surrealism |
Robert H. Colescott, (born August 26, 1925 - died June 4, 2009) was an American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exuberant, comical, or bitter reflections on being African-American. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris. According to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Colescott was "the first African-American artist to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1997." [1] According to Askart.com and Artcyclopedia.com, his work is in many major public collections, including (in addition to the Albright-Knox) those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Robert Colescott died at his home in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, June 4, 2009.
See also
References
- Robert Colescott; Miriam Roberts; Site Santa Fe (Gallery); University of Arizona. Museum of Art. Robert Colescott : recent painting [2] (Miriam Roberts, 1997) ISBN 189180006X
- U.S. Centre culturel américain, Paris. Trois américains : Art Brenner, Robert Colescott, Elaine Hamilton.- Exposition à Paris, Centre culturel américain, 26 février-26 mars 1969 [3] [exhibition catalogue in French] (Paris, Centre culturel américain, 1969) OCLC 38695859
External links
- [4] Robert Colescott: 1925-2009 by D.K. Row, The Oregonian, Obituary, retrieved June 6, 2009
- Museum of Modern Art (NYC): discussion and COLOR IMAGE of Colescott's 1989 painting, "Emergency Room", in the MOMA collection.
- Corcoran Gallery page on Robert Colescott work in the collection [with COLOR IMAGE]
- Askart.com pages on Robert Colescott [with COLOR IMAGES]
- Artcyclopedia on Robert Colescott [with links to COLOR IMAGES]
- Albright-Knox Museum bio on Robert Colescott [with COLOR IMAGE]
- Crown Point Press bio on Robert Colescott