Artist

Robert Gwathmey

born Richmond, VA 1903-died Southampton, NY 1988
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Robert Gwathmey, 1963, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001660
Born
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Died
Southampton, New York, United States
Active in
  • Amagansett, New York, United States
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Painter, born in Richmond, Va. Socially conscious, Gwathmey portrayed rural African-American life in the South in a modernist style, emphasizing broad areas of color outlined in black.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (1 item)

J. Hollis, Robert Ronald McIan, Man, Woman, Dog and Stag, 1846, engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones, 1967.14.47
Man, Woman, Dog and Stag
Artist
Date1846
engraving on paper
Not on view