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Robert Gordy

Robert P. Gordy (1933 - 1986) was active/lived in Louisiana.  Robert Gordy is known for Mod-figurative, patterned graphic painting.

Robert Gordy (American, 1933-1986)

He was known for his complex acrylic paintings which featured patterning and repetition, and linear shapes in a flat pictorial space in closely-keyed colors. In the early 1980s, the human head began to emerge as an important element in his paintings and in a series of monotypes created in Santa Fe. (Institute for Research and Art)

Born October 13, 1933, Jefferson Island, Louisiana, he died September 25, 1986.

Education:
1956  M.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1955  B.A., Lousiana State Univeristy, Baton Rouge, LA
1953  Studied with Hans Hoffman

Professional Experience:
1965 Instructor, University of New Orleans, LA
1963 Instructor, The Putney School, Putney, VT
1962 Instructor, Sterling College, Sterling, KS
1957 Instructor, University of Southern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

Selected Awards:
1978, 1967 Fellowship, National Endowment of the Arts Purchase Award, Dalla   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5926 characters.]  Artist bio

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