Sam Gilliam

American painter
Died on Monday June 27th 2022


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@globalsista: Sam Gilliam, Abstract Artist of Drape Paintings, Dies at 88 - The New York Times - 2 years ago

@ChrisRobHall: RT @photogsofcolor: Sam Gilliam obituary | Art and design | The Guardian - 2 years ago

@mannbitesdog67: Sam Gilliam, Longtime D.C. Painter Whose Work Is Celebrated Around The World, Dies At 88 - 2 years ago

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@rfbogardus: RT @samgilliam_art: Horses Upside Down, 1998 #gilliam #americanart - 2 years ago

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@jamescappio: RT @samgilliam_art: Untitled, 2002 #americanart #gilliam - 2 years ago

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@JustinBaileyart: RT @ArtinAmerica: As Sam Gilliam’s work has gained ever greater recognition, his story has often been characterized as a comeback (though h… - 2 years ago

@JustinBaileyart: RT @ngadc: A fond farewell to the legendary abstract artist Sam Gilliam, who passed away yesterday at the age of 88.💛 - 2 years ago

@JustinBaileyart: RT @metmuseum: We are saddened by the news of the passing of Sam Gilliam. His 1968 work "Carousel State"—a generous gift from the artist h… - 2 years ago

@gabhorton: RT @KingJames: Rest in Paradise LEGEND!!! What a genius!! 🖼 ICON!! - 2 years ago

@glenda5grana: This week’s #offtopic is a tribute to American artist Sam Gilliam, who passed away on June 25th at the age of 88. R… - 2 years ago

@Hamza_ArtFreak: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, Lattice II, 1982 #artsmia #samgilliam - 2 years ago

@McWordinson: RT @samgilliam_art: Sac 1, 2012 #gilliam #americanart - 2 years ago

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@ken_crichlow: RT @PhillipsMuseum: "At the heart of Sam Gilliam’s work was experimentation and adventure." —Vradenburg Director and CEO Dorothy Kosinski… - 2 years ago

@rolandbastien: Abstract Pioneer Sam Gilliam through 5 Trailblazing Works | Artsy We still want more in their collection -… - 2 years ago

@VRValicento: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, Lattice II, 1982 #artsmia #samgilliam - 2 years ago

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@rubinbooty: Sam Gilliam, “Gram,” 1973, acrylic on canvas, part of permanent collection at ⁦@DIADetroit⁩. RIP to the pioneering… - 2 years ago

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@inversalis: L'artiste peintre Sam Gilliam est mort à 88 ans - Le Point - 2 years ago

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@swedhopkins: RT @KcNightfire: The artists Melvin Edwards and Rashid Johnson reflect on the legacy of their friend Sam Gilliam, just days after he died a… - 2 years ago

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@boenbot: L’artiste, né en 1933 dans l’Etat du Mississippi, fut le premier Afro-Américain à représenter les Etats-Unis à la B… - 2 years ago

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@poetslive: RT @samgilliam_art: Baptistry, 1975 #americanart #abstractexpressionism - 2 years ago

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@Andreadobbs2: RT @Apollo_magazine: In our round-up of the week’s art news: the painter Sam Gilliam has died at the age of 88; and Daniel H. Weiss is step… - 2 years ago

@KDBConsulting: RT @NMAAHC: Our museum mourns the passing of groundbreaking artist Sam Gilliam. Gilliam was an influential painter that never stopped exp… - 2 years ago

@loukas81944652: RT @samgilliam_art: Sac 1, 2012 #gilliam #americanart - 2 years ago

@thisjackkaido: RT @paranoidhill: Gm peeps I didn’t saw that Sam Gilliam passed away a few days ago and I am so sad right now, my next paintings are very… - 2 years ago

@KtyYahoo: Sam Gilliam, Groundbreaking Abstractionist, Dies at 88 - 2 years ago

@Matcooper: RT @TSting18: Happy Birthday Dan Aykroyd. Spies Like Us (1985) cameos an odd collection of filmmakers. Terry Gilliam, Robert Paynter (Super… - 2 years ago

@nuel_arts: RT @artfullyawear: For writer & curator @LegacyRussell, I created this hand-painted dress inspired by Sam Gilliam’s Double Merge, 1968, cur… - 2 years ago

@cibellecibelle: RT @paranoidhill: Gm peeps I didn’t saw that Sam Gilliam passed away a few days ago and I am so sad right now, my next paintings are very… - 2 years ago

@metropolis_tve: 😥 El pintor Sam Gilliam ha muerto a los 88 años Este pintor abstracto, asociado a la Escuela de Color de Washington… - 2 years ago

@wuhannibal: RT @thebenstreet: RIP the very great Sam Gilliam. - 2 years ago

@paranoidhill: Gm peeps I didn’t saw that Sam Gilliam passed away a few days ago and I am so sad right now, my next paintings are… - 2 years ago

@wanilani2: Latest news in black art: Innovative illustrator Sam Gilliam, artist Vaughn Spann dies at Architectural Digest, Col… - 2 years ago

@_GinaIris: RT @ChrisMrFosil: Sam Gilliam, 1969. - 2 years ago

@harrywi76905623: RT @wcp: Artist Sam Gilliam, who lived and worked in D.C. since 1962, died this weekend at the age of 88. Longtime friends and associates o… - 2 years ago

@photogsofcolor: Commentary: Why the late Sam Gilliam's inventive abstract drapes celebrated artistic difference - Los Angeles Times - 2 years ago

@photogsofcolor: Sam Gilliam ‘Took a Step Most People Didn’t Understand Was Possible’ - The New York Times - 2 years ago

@photogsofcolor: Sam Gilliam obituary | Art and design | The Guardian - 2 years ago

@kevtherevspage: RT @TSting18: Happy Birthday Dan Aykroyd. Spies Like Us (1985) cameos an odd collection of filmmakers. Terry Gilliam, Robert Paynter (Super… - 2 years ago

@Pan_t_zari: RT @ChrisMrFosil: Sam Gilliam, 1969. - 2 years ago

@atin_b02: Sam Gilliam ‘took a step most people didn’t understand was possible’ - 2 years ago

@Santa19022544: RT @ChrisMrFosil: Sam Gilliam, 1969. - 2 years ago

@louisefin: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, Lattice II, 1982 #artsmia #samgilliam - 2 years ago

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@aw_journal2021: Commentary: Why the late Sam Gilliam’s inventive abstract drapes celebrated artistic difference - 2 years ago

@CHopeVision: RT @KingJames: Rest in Paradise LEGEND!!! What a genius!! 🖼 ICON!! - 2 years ago

@paddikk: RT @olibasciano: Sam Gilliam resisted pressure to make art about race and identity. Instead he innovated painting. My obit for the Guardian… - 2 years ago

@Sofyanamil1: RT @veridik_off: ⚫ Le peintre américain Sam Gilliam, figure de la peinture abstraite, est décédé à 88 ans. #SamGilliam - 2 years ago

@pphillottbatapa: RT @snelsonus: Rest in Peace and Power, Sam Gilliam. - 2 years ago

@marymikava: RT @vmfa: In memoriam of Sam Gilliam (1933–2022), a trailblazing abstract artist whose revolutionary techniques and boundary-pushing art wo… - 2 years ago

@CultureType: Sam Gilliam ‘Took a Step Most People Didn’t Understand Was Possible’: The artists Melvin Edwards and Rashid Johnson… - 2 years ago

@dhboutin: RT @dhboutin: Sam Gilliam, grande figure américaine de la peinture abstraite, nous a quitté à l'âge de 88 ans #ripSamGilliam ⁦@PaceGallery⁩… - 2 years ago

@tinyourss: RIP great one 🙏🏽💫✨🎨🖌 - 2 years ago

@frankienash54: Sam Gilliam, Abstract Artist of Drape Paintings, Dies at 88 - 2 years ago

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@feralislandBud: RT @thebenstreet: RIP the very great Sam Gilliam. - 2 years ago

@KatherineKean: RT @thebenstreet: RIP the very great Sam Gilliam. - 2 years ago

@Itss_rome: RT @KingJames: Rest in Paradise LEGEND!!! What a genius!! 🖼 ICON!! - 2 years ago

@davidlewis612: RT @latimes: Commentary: Why the late Sam Gilliam's inventive abstract drapes celebrated artistic difference - 2 years ago

@Xxxt3ntacion17: @KingJames Rest In Peace Sam Gilliam. I send my condolences 💐 - 2 years ago

@realSamGilliam: Rejoice! Rejoice! Salvation it comes for Israel out of Zion. Our Lord God restores His daughters and sons. Give pra… - 2 years ago

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@PaulCas21543942: RT @cnni: Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 88 - 2 years ago

@AnnePeshka: SarasotaMagazin: His final show is on display now at the Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gar… - 2 years ago

@SarasotaMagazin: His final show is on display now at the Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in D.C. Click… - 2 years ago

@upsmagcom: Remembering Sam Gilliam of the Astral Plane - 2 years ago

@ronnmail: RT @courierjournal: "Sam Gilliam left an immeasurable impact on the art scene in Louisville, Kentucky," Raphaela Platow, director of the Sp… - 2 years ago

@vmfa: In memoriam of Sam Gilliam (1933–2022), a trailblazing abstract artist whose revolutionary techniques and boundary-… - 2 years ago

@courierjournal: "Sam Gilliam left an immeasurable impact on the art scene in Louisville, Kentucky," Raphaela Platow, director of th… - 2 years ago

@uvdsc: RT @IamDetour303: R.I.P Sam Gilliam. Pioneering abstract artist - 2 years ago

@geschwartz58: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969 #museumofmodernart #samgilliam - 2 years ago

@ChelaArt: RT @BlackArtProject: "Sam Gilliam: Full Circle" is on view through Sept. 11, 2022 at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. - 2 years ago

@Kempo50: #DC #artist Sam #Gilliam was the last surviving artist associated with D.C.’s influential Washington Color School,… - 2 years ago

@granstromart: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969 #museumofmodernart #samgilliam - 2 years ago

@PhilipGustonArt: RT @samgilliam_art: Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969 #museumofmodernart #samgilliam - 2 years ago

@JoWilso99859694: RT @NYMag: "You could not turn away." @jerrysaltz writes on the late Sam Gilliam, whose draped paintings took the form to its outer limits… - 2 years ago

@HorsetoWater89: RT @NYMag: "You could not turn away." @jerrysaltz writes on the late Sam Gilliam, whose draped paintings took the form to its outer limits… - 2 years ago

@SheilaCriderArt: RT @BlackArtProject: "Sam Gilliam: Full Circle" is on view through Sept. 11, 2022 at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. - 2 years ago

@MarkQuarter: RT @SmithsonianSec: Artist Sam Gilliam's work is known for its unsettling beauty. I drew inspiration from my visits to his studio here in… - 2 years ago

@mitrakalita: RT @epicenter_nyc: "I visited Sam in his sprawling studio on U Street, an epicenter of 20th century African American culture...One thing I… - 2 years ago

@MarkQuarter: RT @PhillipsMuseum: In honor of Sam Gilliam, we're taking a look back at a blog post on the process of creating his work Purple Antelope Sp… - 2 years ago

@MarkQuarter: RT @PhillipsMuseum: “Before painting, there was jazz.”—Sam Gilliam In memory of Sam Gilliam, we're revisiting a blog post by Director of M… - 2 years ago

@laura_yancy: RIP...Sam Gilliam...God bless... - 2 years ago

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