Robert Cottingham
Robert Cottingham (born 26 September 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American artist known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, showing building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, railroad heralds, and shop fronts. Cottingham is usually classified as a photorealist. He characterizes his paintings as belonging to a tradition of American vernacular scenes painted by Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler.
Robert Cottingham
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- Name
- Robert Cottingham
- Born
- 26 September 1935
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Known for
- Painting
- Training
- B.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · artist
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Robert Cottingham (born 26 September 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American artist known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, showing building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, railroad heralds, and shop fronts. Cottingham is usually classified as a photorealist. He characterizes his paintings as belonging to a tradition of American vernacular scenes painted by Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler.
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Cottingham was influenced by his background in advertising and typography, and consequently connects his work to Pop art. Cottingham turned to painting full-time after his first successful solo exhibitions in 1968. He began showing at the OK Harris Gallery in New York in 1971. In 1974, he was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Cottingham is a two-time recipient of fellowships from MacDowell. In 1990, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1994. A retrospective of Cottingham's prints took place at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1999.
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• Name — Robert Cottingham • Birth Name — Robert Cottingham • Born — 26 September 1935 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York, U.S. • Known for — Painting • Training — B.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York • Patrons — Louis K. Meisel
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Selected collections
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • Smithsonian American Art Museum • Whitney Museum • National Gallery of Art • Museum of Modern Art • Art Institute of Chicago • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art • Buffalo AKG Art Museum • Yale University Art Gallery
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- 1.Robert Cottingham. The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.
- 2.Robert Cottingham. Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois.
- 3.Photorealism by Louis K. Meisel. Abradale/Abrams, New York, NY, (1989).
- 4.Robert Cottingham: An American Alphabet. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
- 5.Robert Cottingham - Artist. MacDowell.
- 6.Robert Cottingham. nationalacademy.emuseum.com.
- 7.Hathaway, Bruce. The Beauty in the Blight. Smithsonian Magazine.
- 8.Robert Cottingham. The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.
- 9.Robert Cottingham Smithsonian American Art Museum. americanart.si.edu.
- 10.Robert Cottingham. whitney.org.
- 11.Robert Cottingham National Gallery of Art. www.nga.gov.
- 12.Robert Cottingham MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 13.Robert Cottingham. The Art Institute of Chicago. 1935.
- 14.Robert Cottingham. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
- 15.Robert Cottingham Buffalo AKG Art Museum. buffaloakg.org.
- 16.Collection Yale University Art Gallery. artgallery.yale.edu.
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