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He was an artist, art scholar, art historian, art collector, author and curator. Driskell, now 86, is a legendary African American artist and art historian. It was reported that Driscoll died from coronavirus complications.Born in Eatonton, Ga., Driskell had many attributes connected to his career throughout his life. Highly regarded as an artist, scholar and curator, David Driskell is cited as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African American Art. David C. Driskell, internationally acclaimed art connoisseur, curator, scholar, artist, and professor, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African American art. For 16 years the David C. Driskell Prize has recognized artists and scholars who like him, have created a body of work that continues to define the field of African American art. Represented by industry leading galleries.
Driskell was born on June 7, 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker David Driskell, Scholar and Advocate for African Diaspora Art, Dies at 88© Copyright 2020, Washington Informer Newspaper. Driskell was a multimedia artist who used the trees around his Falmouth, Maine, cabin home as a feature in his work. He was part of a wave of artists who came to the state from New York, the Portland Press Herald Driskell once said of Maine: “I dream about it when I’m not there.”The spokeswoman for the Driskell Center said services are not planned at this time due to concerns about coronavirus, which has disrupted funeral services around the country.Know about breaking news as it happens. Get started.
He was an artist, scholar, mentor, devoted husband, a dear friend and life trustee of the High Museum of Art.
1931. Art was already embedded in his family life before he went to college, his father created paintings and drawings on religious themes, his mother made quilts and baskets, and his grandfather was a sculptor.In 1952 he married his wife Thelma Grace DeLoatch.
December 7 – 10, 2017 The collection, valued at $2.5 million, honors the legacy of her late husband, Dr. Ronald W. Walters, an influential political scientist and former Howard University professor who had expertise in Black politics. David Clyde Driskell was born in Eatonton, Georgia, the son of George Washington Driskell, a minister, and Mary Cloud Driskell, a homemaker. Purchase canvas prints, framed prints, tapestries, posters, greeting cards, and more. Purchase canvas prints, framed prints, tapestries, posters, greeting cards, and more.
Driskell, now 86, is a legendary African American artist and art historian.
The stunning news of the death of David Driskell began circulating on April 1 following a post on the David C. Driskell Center website. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 Description: David Driskell 1931-2020 Her Hat Is Her Halo color woodcut print 2007 signed, titled, dated, and numbered 19/40 Prof. Driskell's work has recently been included in David Driskell: Artist & Scholar of the African American Experience, Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2020, Morris Museum of Art, GA; David Driskell: Resonance, Paintings 1965-2002, 2019, … February 8 - August 30, 2020
I am very proud of you and you did the right thing of gifting it to Howard.”“He was the leading voice in art in our community,” Walters said. David C. Driskell (June 7, 1931 – April 1, 2020) was an American artist, scholar and curator; recognized for his work in establishing African-American Art as a distinct field of study. In 1995, Driskell was named Distinguished University Professor of Art and taught until his retirement in 1998.
Born in Eatonton, Georgia in 1931, Driskell has contributed significantly to the scholarship of art history and the role of the Black artist in American society.