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William Majors

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William Majors (1930 - 1982) was active/lived in New York, California, Indiana, New Hampshire.  William Majors is known for Abstract expressionist painting, collage.

William Majors (born, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1930; died, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1982)

Artist and educator, William Majors' paintings, prints and drawings span over 30 years. A member of the historic Afro American artists' group, Spiral, and extensively exhibiting in New York during the 1960s before moving to teach in California ('69-'71) and subsequently in New England  ('71-'82), the artist taught and lectured at over 20 colleges and universities throughout the country (State University of New York; Cornell University; University of Iowa; The Museum of Modern Art Institute; Rhode Island School of Design; University of New Hampshire; California State College, Hayward;  Oakland College of Art; University of Connecticut, etc.)  With support of a John Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship (1960-61), and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1973), Majors lived in Italy, and traveled in Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for William Majors


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Collage and/or Decoupage
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art MediaArt StyleArt School
  • Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Student
  • John Herron Art Institute/School of Art and Design, Student
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Fellowship
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Schomburg Collection
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Weyhe Gallery, New York City
Art Movement
  • Spiral Group, African-American Collective
Exhibition of Museum
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Group
  • American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940

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