Robert Cottingham

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Robert Cottingham
Birth name	Robert Cottingham
Born	(1935-09-26) September 26, 1935 Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Field	Photorealist painter
Training	B.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York
Movement	Photorealism
Patrons	Louis K.R. Meisel

Robert Cottingham (born 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is considered to be one of most important original photorealist painters.^[1] Cottingham's work focuses on items associated as Americana. He studied art at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. His first solo show was in 1971 at the O.K. Harris Gallery in New York.^[2] 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 work took place at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1998.

There is a painting ("Bacon and Eggs") by this painter in the Boca Raton Museum of Art, in Florida. There was a special exhibit of his "Star Series" paintings in the Boca Raton Florida Art Museum in 2010.

Notes

↑ [http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=45284#.UR_nCWfhfA0 Famous Movie Theater in Alabama Inspires Robert Cottingham for New Exhibition at Forum Gallery More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=45284#.UR_nCWfhfA0[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org ]
↑ Photorealism by Louis K. Meisel. Abradale/Abrams, New York, NY, (1989).

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 12150607 LCCN: nr88006443 ISNI: 0000 0000 7845 5559 GND: 122683404

Persondata
Name	Cottingham, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	American artist
Date of birth	1935-09-26
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Date of death
Place of death

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