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Robert Gordy

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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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21 Book References for Robert Gordy
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Delehanty, Randolph Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection 292 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1992 Pennington, Estill Curtis A Southern Collection 246 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections 198 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1985 Ecole Nationale/Beaux-Arts Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americai 1930-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 290 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1984 Cummings, Paul Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 No
1983 Virginia Museum, Richmond Painting in the South: 1564-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 362 Yes
1983 Walker, Barry The American Artist as Printmaker
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1981 Baro, Gene Robert Gordy Paintings & Drawings, 1960-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 112 Yes
1980 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas American Painting of the Sixties and Seventies
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 Yes
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)		 115 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1969 Hopkins, Henry (Preface); Peter Plagens, Essay Drawings: Exhibition of Contemporary American Drawings Fort Worth Art Center Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 84 No
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