Norman Lewis

Details

Instance of

human

Born

23 July 1909

Died

27 August 1979, 1979

Place of birth

Harlem

Place of death

New York City

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Norman, Wilfred

Family name

Lewis

Movement

abstract expressionism

Genre

figurative art, abstract art

Occupation

painter, draftsperson

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

artist files at

Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, College for Creative Studies Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, National Gallery of Art Library

described by source

National Gallery of Art Library Vertical Files, St. James Guide to Black Artists

different from

Norman Lewis

educated at

Columbia University

end of work period

1979

ethnic group

African Americans

has works in the collection

Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Gallery of Art, George and Joyce Wein Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Georgia Museum of Art

influenced by

Augusta Savage

member of

Spiral, American Abstract Artists

start of work period

1930

work location

Harlem

Connected on Wikidata

Authority files