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David Driskell

1931-2020

Works in the Collection

PFF146E-David Driskell, Tropical Girl, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition with reference to female figure in red in foreground (Doorway Portfolio).
Tropical Girl
2008

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PFF146L-David Driskell, The Practice, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing landscape with figure in black with yellow necklace in foreground (Doorway Portfolio).
The Practice
2008

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PFF146J-David Driskell, The Denial, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing landscape (Doorway Portfolio).
The Denial
2008

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PFF146B-David Driskell, Temptation in the Garden, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing figure in landscape holding fruit (Doorway Portfolio).
Temptation in the Garden
2008

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PFF146C-David Driskell, Silence, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition with reference to a silhouetted figure in a landscape (Doorway Portfolio).
Silence
2008

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PFF146G-David Driskell, Round Trees, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition with reference to landscape with round trees (Doorway Portfolio).
Round Trees
2008

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PFF146I-David Driskell, Pond Iced Over, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing landscape (Doorway Portfolio).
Pond Iced Over
2008

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PFF146H-David Driskell, Pine Trees in the Night, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing landscape (Doorway Portfolio).
Pine Trees in the Night
2008

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PFF146D-David Driskell, Forest Girl, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition with reference to figure in red in foreground (Doorway Portfolio).
Forest Girl
2008

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PFF146K-David Driskell, Down by the Brook, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition referencing landscape (Doorway Portfolio).
Down by the Brook
2008

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PFF146A-David Driskell, Doorway, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition depicting doorway (Doorway Portfolio).
Doorway
2008

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PFF146F-David Driskell, Angel of Peace, Serigraph, 2008. Abstract composition with reference to angelic figure in blue and black (Doorway Portfolio).
Angel of Peace
2008

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PFF201-David Driskell, African Mask III, Mixed Media, 2007. Abstract composition with figural elements.
African Mask III
2007

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PFF200 David Driskell, African Mask II, Mixed Media, 2007. Abstract composition with figural elements.
African Mask II
2007

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PFF199-David Driskell, African Mask I, Mixed Media, 2007. Abstract composition with figural elements.
African Mask I
2007

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Biography

David Driskell was born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia. He earned an undergraduate degree from Howard University and an MFA degree from Catholic University in 1962. His post-graduate education included Skowhegan School of Painting Sculpture and the Netherlands Institute for the History of Art in the Hague. He began his teaching career in 1955 at Talladega College in Alabama before moving on to Howard and Fisk Universities. Driskell then served as a visiting professor at a number of universities including Bowdoin College, The University of Michigan, Queens College, and Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He began teaching at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1977, and in 1978, he became chair of the department. He continued to teach until his retirement in 1998. In 2001, the university established the David C. Driskell Center in his honor.

Over the course of his career, Driskell earned thirteen honorary doctorate degrees and was awarded both the Harmon and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships. In 1976 he curated the foundational exhibit “Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950”. Since 1977  he has served as cultural advisor to Camille O. and William H. Cosby and as the curator of the Cosby Collection of Fine Arts. In 2000, at a White House ceremony, Driskell received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton. In 2007 he was elected as a National Academician by the National Academy. The “Doorway” Portfolio was acquired in 2009 for the permanent collection of The Phillips Collection, Washington DC.

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