Additional information
| Artist | Coppedge |
|---|---|
| Country | American |
| Region | North American |
ArtistCoppedge, Arthur
Artist Years1938-2010
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitlePortrait of a Young Woman
Year1976
MediumPainting > Oil
DimensionsPanel: 8.2 X 6.6 inches
Description
Oil on a cigar box top, signed lower left.
NotesArthur L. Coppedge was born on 21 April, 1938 in New York City into an African American family. Coppedge became a respected member of the New York art community. He taught at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Jamaican Arts School in Kingston, Jamaica. He was primarily admired for his oil painting of urban life in New York City, still life, and above all - portraits.
Trained at Brooklyn College, Arts Student League, and the Brooklyn Museum of Arts School, he is represented by Peg Alston Fine Arts in NYC. He was an artist-in-residence at Long Island University and a member of the Arts Students League of New York.
He was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to serve on the Board of the New York State Council of the Humanities. Coppedge's paintings have been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., at the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, MA, at Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the High Museum in Atlanta, GA, and in many other galleries and universities. Prominent public collections which include his paintings are the Chase Manhattan Bank, the University of Wisconsin, Brooklyn Union Gas, National Video Industries, Servo-mation Corporation, First Edition, and Black Enterprise Magazine.
Coppedge died on 6 November 2010 in New York city.
Price $1,500.00