Sam Gilliam
American painter and sculptor
Sam Gilliam was an American abstract painter, sculptor, and arts educator. Born in Mississippi, and raised in Kentucky, Gilliam spent his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., eventually being described as the "dean" of the city's arts community.... Wikipedia
Born: November 30, 1933, Tupelo, MS
Died: June 25, 2022 (age 88 years), Washington, D.C.
Periods: Modern art and Washington Color School
Education: University of Louisville (1961) and Central High School
Children: Leah Gilliam
Partner: Dorothy Butler Gilliam (1962–) and Annie Gawlak
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Sam Gilliam (1933–2022) is one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. He emerged from the Washington, D.C. scene in the mid-1960s with works ...
Since the 1960s, Washington Color School painter Sam Gilliam has tested the boundaries of color, form, texture, abstraction, and the canvas itself.