Sam Gilliam
American, 1933 - 2022
Gilliam has garnered international recognition for his abstract paintings claiming "a place in the epic tradition of American painting" according to the Grove Dictionary of Art. He is widely considered by critics and scholars to be the most prominent African American painter of the post-war period. Gilliam has been the subject of over fifty solo exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States. The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. organized a major retrospective of his work in 2005, accompanied by a major monograph on the artist. His work is represented in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Walker Art Center; the Menil Collection; The Tate Gallery, London, and many others.
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