Robert H. Colescott, born in Oakland, California in 1925, was a painter of Afro-American life and social commentary in a semi-abstract, antic, cartoon, anecdotal style related in composition to the early Cubism of French artists Marc Chagall and Fernand Leger, with whom he studied in Paris for a year.
Of his figurative painting, it was written that his "garishly, powerful canvases lampooned racial and sexual stereotypes with rakish imagery, lurid colors, and almost tangible glee. . (showing 500 of 4302 characters). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert Colescott is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
Black American Artists
|
Subscriber Members, please Log On for artist biographies and for all services.
|
If you are not currently a member, please See Details about membership, which includes biography access, auction records, and many other features available to our day, month, or yearly Subscriber Members! | | This artist's biography is accessible freely to anyone every Friday. |
|