A. B. Jackson (painter)

A. B. Jackson was an African American painter.

He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and earned both BFA & MFA degrees from Yale studying with Josef Albers in the mid-1950s. Before entering the teaching field, he worked for three years in the Watson-Manning Advertising Agency in Stratford, Connecticut, as a designer. Denied entry to the Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art show in 1962 because of his race, he won best-in-show in 1966. In 1967, after teaching 10 years at Norfolk State, he joined Old Dominion as a full professor, becoming its first black faculty member. His book, "As I See Ghent: A Visual Essay," was published in 1979. He died in 1981.

Represented in the permanent collections of:

Mint Museum of Art,University of Virginia,Yale University,Harvard University,Dartmouth College Museum,Howard University, North Carolina State University, Old Dominion University,Longwood College,Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Chrysler Museum, Smithsonian Institution