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Sam Gilliam (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l i əm / GHIL-ee-əm; November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) was an American abstract painter, sculptor, and arts educator. Born in Mississippi, and raised in Kentucky, Gilliam spent his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., eventually being described as the "dean" of the city's arts community.
For the past twenty five years, Sam Gilliam has been internationally recognized as the foremost contemporary African American Color Field painter. He is most widely known for the large color stained canvases he draped and suspended from walls and ceilings during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- November 30, 1933
- June 25, 2022
Jun 28, 2022 · CNN — Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 88. The American abstract artist died at home in Washington, DC, on...
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Jun 27, 2022 · Abstract artist Sam Gilliam (November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) was most widely known for the large color-stained canvases he draped and suspended from walls and ceilings during the 1960s and 1970s. Gilliam grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi, and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1962.
Jun 27, 2022 · Sam Gilliam, a pioneering abstract painter best known for his lusciously stained Drape paintings, which took his medium more fully into three-dimensions than any other artist of his generation,...
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Jun 27, 2022 · One of the most important and influential abstract visual artists in the U.S. has died: Sam Gilliam, a great colorist whose work influenced generations of artists, was 88 years old....
Sam Gilliam ( GHIL-ee-əm; November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) was an American abstract painter, sculptor, and arts educator. Born in Mississippi, and raised in Kentucky, Gilliam spent his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., eventually being described as the "dean" of the city's arts community.
