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Frank Bowling

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Frank Bowling (Born 1936) is active/lives in New York / England.  Frank Bowling is known for Non-objective imagery, abstract painting.

Born in British Guyana, Frank Bowling belongs to the generation of British artists that came of age in the sixties.  After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962, along with David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj, he, like Hockney, found his artistic identity in America.

Unlike Hockney's, however, Bowling's art is rooted in abstraction owing to the abstract expressionist tradition of Mark Rothko. Vigorously dripping and pouring paint in lustrous accretions, he creates texturally complex paintings in which he plays with structure through collaged and brightly painted shapes. He was elected in 2005 as the first black member of England's Royal Academy.
Bowling moved in 1950 to England, where he fulfilled his National Service obligation by serving in the Royal Air Force.  Turning at first to poetry and art, he then attended a number of English art schools, including the Royal College of Art, to which he won a scholarship. 

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Facts about Frank Bowling

   Publications  Book References:  16
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Frank Bowling
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Review of Exhibitions April 2007 Editors Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews The Rise of African American Art September 2003 Kinsella, Eileen Yes
ARTnews New York Reviews October 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions May 1998 Editors, Art in America Yes
16 Book References for Frank Bowling
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 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
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
1997 Riggs, Thomas (Editor); Howard Dobson (Preface) St. James Guide to Black Artists: Published in Association with Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 625 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976 432 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1971 Doty, Robert Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1970 National Cent/Afro-Am Artists Afro-American Artists New York and Boston
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 No
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