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Eldzier Cortor

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Eldzier Cortor (1916 - 2015) was active/lived in New York, Illinois.  Eldzier Cortor is known for Modernist social life genre and nude women painting, graphics.

Following is The New York Times obituary of Eldzier Cortor from the Art & Design section.

Eldzier Cortor, Painter of Scenes From African-American Social Life, Dies at 99, By Elizabeth A. Harris, November 27, 2015

Eldzier Cortor, a painter and printmaker perhaps best known for his elegant paintings of nude black women created when such works were seldom seen in the mainstream art world, died on Thursday at his son’s home in Seaford, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 99.

His son, Michael, confirmed his death.

Mr. Cortor’s works are in major museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work was also featured in the inaugural show at the new Whitney Museum of American Art, “America Is Hard to See.”

As a young man, Mr. Cortor studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and was employed by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, created in 1935 as part of the New Deal to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6149 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Eldzier Cortor

   Publications  Book References:  31
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Eldzier Cortor
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Evolution of African-American Art August 2000 Hampton, R Kumasi Yes
31 Book References for Eldzier Cortor
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor) Chicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
(Exhibition catalog)		 176 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Driskell, David The Other Side of Color: African-American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby Jr. 240 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Taha, Halima Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas 270 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1997 Powell, Richard J Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century 256 Yes
1994 San Antonio Museum of Art African American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 67 Yes
1993 Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present 542 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 McElroy, Guy C (others) African American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection 125 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1978 Lewis, Samella Art: African American 246 Yes
1976 Driskell, David C Two Centuries of Black American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 221 Yes
1975 Driskell, David C Amistad II Afro-American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 92 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Schwartz, Barry The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change 192 Yes
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1973 Fine, Elsa Honig The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity 310 Yes
1971 Fax, Elton C Seventeen Black Artists 306 No
1970 National Cent/Afro-Am Artists Afro-American Artists New York and Boston
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 No
1960 Dover, Cedric American Negro Art 186 Yes
1959 Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies 718 No
1954 Pearson, Ralph M Modern Renaissance in American Art 300 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1944 The Art Institute of Chicago The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings
(Exhibition catalog)		 22 No
1943 Porter, James A Modern Negro Art 272 No
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