| Sam
Gilliam (1933 - )
Sam Gilliam first rose to prominence
in the late 1960's with his "drape paintings," large
scale, unstretched canvasses suspended from the wall or cieling,
on which the artist had variously soaked, stained, and splattered
in luminous layers of bright color.
| Born: |
Tupelo Mississippi, 30 November, 1933 |
| Education: |
University of Lousiville, 1952 - 55 |
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B.A. 1955, M.A. 1961, L.H.D. 1980 |
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Northwestern University, L.H.D. 1990 |
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| Selected Individual Exhibitions |
| 1956 |
University of Lousiville, |
| 1963 |
Frame House Gallery, Lousiville,Kentucky |
| 1964 |
Adam Morgan Gallery, D.C. |
| 1966 |
Jefferson Place Gallery, D.C. |
| 1970 |
Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris |
| 1971 |
Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1973 |
Greenburg Gallery, St. Louis |
| 1974 |
Linda Farris Gallery, D.C. |
| 1975 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 1980 |
Hamilton Gallery, New York |
| 1983 |
Gallery of Art, D.C. |
| 1986 |
Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 1989 |
Middendorf Gallery, D.C |
| 1992 |
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto |
| 1994 |
Galerie Simmone Stern, New Orleans, LA |
| 1995 |
Imagio Gallery, Palm Desert, California |
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To Artist Showroom |
