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Beautiful piece of abstract art signed “Driskell” lower left. Framed dimensions approximately 21” x 31”. Signed and framed, this painting is sure to make a striking addition to any art collection. The work is being sold as a part of an estate so it is attributed to David C. Driskell based on the visible signature only and is not represented as authenticated. Please review all photographs carefully and make your own determination regarding artist attribution, age, and authenticity.
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One of the world's leading authorities on the subject of African American art, Professor David C. Driskell was a highly regarded artist and scholar.
Born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia, David C. Driskell grew up in North Carolina and completed the art program at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine in 1953. He received an undergraduate degree in art from Howard University in 1955 and an M.F.A. from The Catholic University of America in 1962. He then explored postgraduate study in art history at The Netherlands Institute for the History of Art in The Hague. Trained as a painter and art historian, Driskell worked primarily in collage and mixed media and printmaking.
Driskell began his teaching career at Talladega College in 1955. He taught at Howard and Fisk Universities and served as visiting professor of art at several universities, including Bowdoin College, the University of Michigan, Queens College and Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He joined the faculty of the department of art at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1977 and served as its chairperson from 1978–1983. In 1995, he was named distinguished university professor of art and taught until his retirement in 1998. In 2001, the University of Maryland established the David C. Driskell Center to honor Driskell as an artist, art historian, collector, curator and scholar. The center honors Driskell by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture.
The recipient of numerous fellowships, awards and prizes, including three Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships and a Harmon Foundation Fellowship, Driskell also received 13 honorary doctoral degrees in art. While teaching at the University of Maryland, Driskell maintained an active career as a practicing artist, teacher, curator, collector, art administrator and art consultant. He lectured across the globe and his works are included in major collections of art museums throughout the world. Driskell authored five exhibition books on the subject of African American art, co-authored four others and published more than 40 catalogues from exhibitions he
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