Thompson, Mildred, 1936-2003

LC control no.	no2008074878
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Thompson, Mildred, 1936-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Thompson, Mildred, 1935-2003 Thompson, Mildred Jean, 1936-2003
Associated country	United States Germany France
Birth date	1936
Death date	20030901
Place of birth	Jacksonville (Fla.)
Place of death	Atlanta (Ga.)
Affiliation	Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg Howard University Agnes Scott College Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Atlanta College of Art Brooklyn Museum School
Profession or occupation	African American women artists African American painters
Found in	The Gilly Willies, 1960: t.p. (Mildred Thompson) Internet, http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2003/09/08/quickhits080903.html, 5/16/2008 (CBCNews.ca Headlines: African American abstract painter Mildred Jean Thompson, known for vibrantly coloured paintings, has died, she was 68; b. 1935, d. 2003) Mildred Thompson, 1996: page 5 (Mildred Thompson, studying at the University of Art at Lerchenfeld in 1959) page 12 (artist-in-residence at Howard University, 1979) page 18 (teaching at Agnes Scott College, 1989) page 19 (Mildred Thompson was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1936; received her formal education at Howard University, Skowhegen [sic] School, the Brooklyn Museum School and the Hochschule for Bildende Kunst in Hamburg, Germany; lived in Paris from 1979-1985) page 20 (teaches at the Atlanta College of Art) Los Angeles Times obituary, viewed online Sept. 15, 2017: Sept. 9, 2003 (Mildred Jean Thompson, 68, one of the few black American female artists trained in European abstract expressionism, died of cancer Sept. 1 in Atlanta) MildredThompson.org, viewed Sept. 15, 2017 (Mildred Thompson was born in 1936)