GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This silkscreen is based on an oil painting Robert Gwathmey completed three years previously. The idea for the original composition came from a year Gwathmey spent on a North Carolina tobacco farm in 1944, creating images of the southern black farmer. The geometric structure calls to mind the patterning in African and African American textiles.
Although Caucasian, Gwathmey often worked with African American themes. From an early age, growing up in a fatherless working-class family, he empathized with working people, both black and white. His years traveling, first in the United States as a freighter and later in Europe as an artist, emphasized to him the plight of African Americans in the South.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
NOTES
Created 1954
July 2005
Not using because it's a .com: The house his son designed for him http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/gwathmey-residence-and-studio/
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Artist/designers
Gwathmey, Robert (American, 1903-1988)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
Depicted location: North Carolina (state/United States): TGN: 7007709
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From 1955: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton University~Read a biography of Robert Gwathmey.
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FUN FACTS
- Robert Gwathmey was married to photographer, Rosalie Gwathmey. Their son, Charles Gwathmey was an architect. His firm oversaw the renovation of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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General Description
This silkscreen is based on an oil painting Robert Gwathmey completed three years previously. The idea for the original composition came from a year Gwathmey spent on a North Carolina tobacco farm in 1944, creating images of the southern black farmer. The geometric structure calls to mind the patterning in African and African American textiles.
Although Caucasian, Gwathmey often worked with African American themes. From an early age, growing up in a fatherless working-class family, he empathized with working people, both black and white. His years traveling, first in the United States as a freighter and later in Europe as an artist, emphasized to him the plight of African Americans in the South.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
Fun Facts
- Robert Gwathmey was married to photographer, Rosalie Gwathmey. Their son, Charles Gwathmey was an architect. His firm oversaw the renovation of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Created 1954
July 2005
Not using because it's a .com: The house his son designed for him http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/gwathmey-residence-and-studio/
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Gwathmey, Robert (American, 1903-1988)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
Depicted location: North Carolina (state/United States): TGN: 7007709
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1955: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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