Bob Thompson (painter)

Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson in the garden of the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1965
Born
Robert Louis Thompson

(1937-06-26)June 26, 1937
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
DiedMay 30, 1966
Rome, Italy
OccupationFigurative painter

Bob Thompson (June 26, 1937 – May 30, 1966)[1] was an African-American figurative painter known for his bold and colorful canvases, whose compositions were influenced by the Old Masters. His art has also been described as synthesizing Baroque and Renaissance masterpieces with the jazz-influenced Abstract Expressionist movement.[2]

He was prolific in his eight-year career, producing more than 1,000 works before his death in Rome in 1966. The Whitney Museum mounted a retrospective of his work in 1998.[3] He also has works in numerous private and public collections throughout the United States.

  1. ^ Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe. "Bob Thompson". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Carter, Curtis L. "Bob Thompson: Meteor in a Black Hat" (PDF). Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Golden, Thelma; Wilson, Judith; Momin, Shamin (1998). Bob Thompson: publ. on the occasion of the Exhibition "Bob Thompson" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, September 25, 1998 - January 3, 1999. Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press. ISBN 0-87427-115-0.