#art, About Artist Frank Bowling…

A little about Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling OBE RA

UK Artist Frank Bowling was born in Bartica, Guyana in 1934. His work is principally abstract, and he is considered an abstract impressionist who also works colour fields (reminiscent of Rothko). He has studios both in New York and in London. The Tate Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Metropolitan Museum of New York all have works by Bowling in their permanent collections.

Bowling, who studied at the Chelsea School of Art and also at the City and Guilds of London Art School, won a scholarship at the Royal College of Art in 1959. There he studied with artists like David Hockney, R. B. Kitaj, Derek Boshier and Patrick Caulfield.

I think he is a very important artist in art history and one of the most influential and brilliant of the abstract expressionists. I hope you will look further into his work, especially if you are an artist or a student of art. And even if you are just a lover of art, I am sure you will find his paintings agreeable and pleasant to the eye. Here are three samples.

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