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Raymond Jennings Saunders

Raymond Jennings Saunders (Born 1935) is active/lives in California.  Raymond Saunders is known for African-American genre, collage, mullti-media painting, abstract pop art.

Raymond Saunders studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in 1960 at Carnegie Institute of Technology. His Masters of Fine Arts was earned from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California in 1961.

Saunders is a major figure in contemporary art, whose work has often dealt with imagery associated with the Black urban experience which he incorporates into rich, mixed-media paintings, according to Cuesta College Art Gallery Director Marta Peluso.

His works can be seen in many major museum collections, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Walker Art Center at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Saunders has had solo exhibitions at The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the Seattle Art Museum, the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Maine, and at Hunte   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1804 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Raymond Jennings Saunders

   Publications  Book References:  46
Magazine References:  7

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7 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Raymond Jennings Saunders
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 2006 Editor Yes
ARTnews Bubbling Over in Talent September 2004 Baker, Kenneth Yes
Art & Antiques The Top 100 Collectors in America March 2003 Cochran, B.L. and R.D Yes
Art & Antiques Top 100 Collectors in America March 2001 Scott, Sue Leeds, Valerie Yes
ARTnews Bay Area Boom October 1999 Rowlands, Penelope No
Art in America Review of Exhibitions September 1998 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Raymond Saunders February 1995 Morris, Gay Yes
46 Book References for Raymond Jennings Saunders
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
2002 Komanecky, Michael K. (editor) Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights 352 Yes
2001 Siedell, Daniel A. American Paintings from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: An Institutional History in Pictures
(Exhibition catalog)
9 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Heyman, Therese Thau Posters American Style 192 Yes
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1997 Powell, Richard J Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century 256 Yes
1996 Addison Gallery Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)
512 Yes
1996 Sims, Lowery/Sabine Rewald Still Life The Object in American Art, 1915-1995
(Exhibition catalog)
175 Yes
1995 Driskell, David C African American Visual Aesthetics A Postmodernist View 149 Yes
1995 Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day 960 Yes
1994 San Antonio Museum of Art African American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
67 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1989 Hopkins, Henry California Painters/New Work 143 Yes
1989 McElroy, Guy C (others) African American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection 125 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Stich, Sidra Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
(Exhibition catalog)
280 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Stein, Harvey Artists Observed 160 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Mamet, David Raymond Saunders/Notes for Catalo
(Exhibition catalog)
32 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1983 List, Clair The 38th Corcoran Biennial of American Painting Second Western States Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
93 Yes
1981 Bearden, Romare/Carl Holty The Painter's Mind: A Study of the Relations of Structure and Space 224 No
1981 Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration) Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California 128 Yes
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)
115 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1978 Lewis, Samella Art: African American 246 Yes
1976 Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976
(Exhibition catalog)
322 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Weller, Allen S Watercolor U S A National Invatational Exhibit
(Exhibition catalog)
90 No
1975 Driskell, David C Amistad II Afro-American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
92 No
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
1973 Fine, Elsa Honig The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity 310 Yes
1973 Solomon, Elke M American Drawings 1963-1973
(Exhibition catalog)
62 No
1971 Atkinson, J Edward Black Dimensions in Contemporary American Art 127 Yes
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
1967 Hirsch, Richard Sources for Tomorrow: 50 American Paintings 1946-1966 James Michener Collection of Allentown Art Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
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