- Robert Colescott
Robert Colescott (Robert H. Colescott, born in
Oakland, California , 1925) is an American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exuberant, comical, or bitter reflections on beingAfrican-American . He studied withFernand Léger inParis . According to theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery , Colescott was "the first African-American artist to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at theVenice Biennale in 1997." [http://www.albrightknox.org/acquisitions/acq_2000/Colescott.html] According to Askart.com and Artcyclopedia.com, his work is in many major public collections, including (in addition to the Albright-Knox) those of theMuseum of Modern Art in New York, theCorcoran Gallery of Art , theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art , theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston , theHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , and theBaltimore Museum of Art .ee also
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Arlene LewAllen
*Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive References
*Robert Colescott; Miriam Roberts; Site Santa Fe (Gallery); University of Arizona. Museum of Art. "Robert Colescott : recent painting" [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/39156655&referer=brief_results] (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" [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/38695859&referer=brief_results] [exhibition catalogue in French] (Paris , Centre culturel américain, 1969) OCLC 38695859External links
* [http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A1183&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1 Museum of Modern Art (NYC)] : discussion and COLOR IMAGE of Colescott's 1989 painting, "Emergency Room", in the MOMA collection.
* [http://www.corcoran.org/collection/highlights_main_results.asp?ID=21 Corcoran Gallery page on Robert Colescott work in the collection] [with COLOR IMAGE]
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=19090 Askart.com pages on Robert Colescott] [with COLOR IMAGES]
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/colescott_robert.html Artcyclopedia on Robert Colescott] [with links to COLOR IMAGES]
* [http://www.albrightknox.org/acquisitions/acq_2000/Colescott.html Albright-Knox Museum bio on Robert Colescott] [with COLOR IMAGE]
* [http://magical-secrets.com/artists/colescott Crown Point Press bio on Robert Colescott]
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