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Bookmark or Share- Sam Gilliam 1933–2022 | TateSam Gilliam ( GHIL-ee-əm; November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) 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.
- Sam Gilliam never fought the canvas. He liberated it. - The Washington PostArt. Sam Gilliam never fought the canvas. He liberated it. The artist’s work watches over Washington’s public space like a guardian spirit. Perspective by Philip Kennicott. Senior art and...
- Sam Gilliam | Smithsonian American Art MuseumSam Gilliam. born Tupelo, MS 1933-died Washington, DC 2022. Courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Born. Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. Died. Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Active in. Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Nationalities. American. Biography.
- Sam Gilliam, acclaimed D.C. artist, dies at 88 - The Washington PostSam Gilliam, a Washington artist who helped redefine abstract painting by liberating canvas from its traditional framework and shaking it loose in lavish, paint-spattered folds cascading from...
- Sam Gilliam, Abstract Artist of Drape Paintings, Dies at 88Sam Gilliam, a pioneering abstract painter best known for his lusciously stained Drape paintings, which took his medium more fully into three-dimensions than any other artist of his generation,...
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