Robert Blackburn (artist)

Robert Blackburn (artist)

Robert Blackburn (December 10 1920 – April 21 2003) was an African American artist, teacher and printmaker.

He was born in Summit, New Jersey in 1920 and grew up in Harlem. As a teenager, he studied lithography and other print-making techniques. From early prints which portrayed figures on abstract backgrounds, he moved into more abstract work. In 1948, he established the Printmaking Workshop. He received a MacArthur fellowship in 1992.

He died in New York City in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/ Fifty years of Robert Blackburn]
* [http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=6&artist=1&station=3 Robert Blackburn's public artwork at the 116th Street Station, commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit.]


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