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, (88 years old)
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Sagittarius
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Born in 1933
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi
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Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam is an African-American school painter of color and lyrical abstractionist. Gilliam is affiliated with the Washington Color School, a group of artists from the Washington, DC area who developed an abstract art form from color field painting in the 1950s and 1960s. she is also described as lyrical and abstract expressionism. He works on canvas that is stretched, ruffled, and upholstered, while adding 3D sculptural elements. He was recognized as the first artist to come up with the idea of ​​a suspended canvas and paint without a stretcher around 1965. This was a major contribution to Color Field School. In his more recent work, Gilliam has worked on polypropylene, computer-generated imagery, iridescent metal and acrylic, kraft paper, aluminum, steel, plywood and plastic.
BornNovember 30, 1933, Tupelo, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Louisville
MovementWashington Color School

About Sam Gilliam

Painter Sam Gilliam was born on November 30, 1933 in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States (He dies at the age of 88, on , ????).

Painter, color field artist, abstract expressionist, and lyrical abstractionist associated with the Washington Color School. He developed the concept of the"unsupported canvas" in 1965, which altered the way people thought about blank canvases.

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Sam Gilliam before becoming famous

Sam Gilliam was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He had his first exhibition at the University of Louisville, where he was a student, in 1955. He served in the United States Army from 1956 until 1958.

Achievement of Sam Gilliam

Among the German Expressionists who influenced his work were Painter Emil Nolde, Painter Paul Klee, and Nathan Oliveira.

Sam Gilliam's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the sixth of eight children born to Sam and Estery Gilliam. He married Dorothy Butler, a journalist, in 1962.

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His contemporaries included Painter Frank Stella.

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Sam Gilliam Income & Net worth

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Sam Gilliam Height and Weight

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Latest information about Sam Gilliam updated on March 20 2023.