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Ellen Banks

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Ellen Banks (1938 - 2017) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Ellen Banks is known for Geometric abstract painting.

Ellen Banks (June 7, 1938 - May 18, 2017) is an African-American painter and multi-media artist using only printed musical scores as inspiration for her paintings.

Born in Boston, Banks spent her childhood exploring both painting and music and was inspired by Piet Mondrian.  Banks received her bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, studying also at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her first solo exhibition took place in 1962.  Only five years later, in 1967, she received the Prix de Paris, and her work has been widely exhibited.  Since 1981 she has been using musical scores as the visual basis for her work.
Banks began her career in 1962 with her first solo gallery.  In addition to her formal education at the Massachusetts College of Art, Banks received training from César Domela and Hans Jaffé. She has drawn inspiration from only printed musical scores since 1981. She refers to herself as "a representational painter of abstracts f   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2629 characters.]  Artist bio

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7 Book References for Ellen Banks
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
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
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
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