| LC control no. | n 50030145 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gilliam, Sam, Jr., 1933-2022 |
| Variant(s) | Gilliam, Sam, 1933-2022 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1933-11-30 |
| Death date | 2022-06-25 |
| Place of birth | Tupelo (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Color-field painting |
| Affiliation | Washington Gallery of Modern Art (Washington, D.C.) Washington Color School (Group of artists) |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Painters Sculptors |
| Found in | Wadsworth Atheneum. Gilliam / Edwards ... 1974. National Visionary Leadership Project oral history, 2008-10-10: collection materials (Sam Gilliam, Sam Gilliam, Jr.; b. on Nov. 30, 1933 in Tupelo, MS, attended the Univ. of Louisville, served in the army, abstract artist, teacher, member of the Washington Color School) Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2013 (Sam Gilliam; b. Nov. 30, 1933, Tupelo, Mississippi; Gilliam, an African American, is associated with the Washington Color School and is broadly considered a Color field painter; resides in Washington, D.C.) African American National Biography, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gilliam, Sam; painter; sculptor; born 30 November 1933 in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States; fully embraced abstraction, following the style of the Washington Color School; revealed works like Paleo and Red Petals (1966,1967); introduced new technique in works such as Restore and Elephanta (1968,1970); awarded a grant and rent-free studio by the Washington Gallery of Modern Art; revealed a changing interplay of background and foreground in the works known as Relative, Horizontal Extension, and Lithe (1969-1970); produced large, lyrical paintings like On a Landless Sea and Orpheus, Seahorses (1973-1975); produced mixed-media installations with combinations of paints, dyes, natural and man-made fabrics, computer-generated images, glass, wood, and metals (1980's-1990's); created piece, to Fireflies and Ferriswheels, a 1,500-yard print (1997); exhibited in more than fifty museums, 120 solo exhibitions and, 129 group shows; honors include, NEA Individual Artist Grant (1989); nine honorary doctorates) New York times, June 27, 2022 (Sam Gilliam, Abstract Artist of Drape Paintings, Dies at 88; died on Saturday [2022-06-25] in Washington) |
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