Harvey Tristan Cropper
| Harvey Tristan Cropper | |
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| Born | August 4, 1931 Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York City |
| 2012[1]2012[1] | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Painting |
Harvey Tristan Cropper (August 4, 1931-2012) was an African-American painter.
Life
Cropper was born in New York city August 4, 1931 in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York City.[2][3] His father was a pharmacist and his mother was an embroiderer in Harlem.[4] Cropper started creating art at the age of four. He was inspired by the many colors of his mothers silk threads.[3] He studied at the Art Students League of New York, and spent time in private study in Japan.[5] In the early 1950s, while living at 4 Barrow Street in New York's Greenwich Village with the jazz musician Charlie Parker,[6] Cropper taught Parker how to paint in exchange for music lessons.[7][8][9][4]
In 1954 he exhibited his work at the Galerie Moderne.[10] In 1964 his work was part of the 10 American Negro Artists Living and Working in Europe exhibition at Den Frie Udstilling in Copenhagen.[11]
During the Vietnam War, Cropper began to focus on political paintings. His piece "Faces of Apartheid" was used by the United Nations.[3][12]
In the 1970's, Cropper artistic style began to focus more on meditative creation and still life. In a conversation with Swedish artist and friend Bengt O Björklund, he explained, "Light, texture and symbolism are important to me. I have become more meditative and once again approached the Japanese tradition and the values Zen stands for."[4]
He spent the rest of his life working in an open studio with other artist in Sweden.[4] He died in Stockholm from cancer in 2012.[1]
Further reading
- The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions. 1991. ISBN 9780810825031. OCLC 810452159. Search this book on
- The Art of Harvey Tristan Cropper. 2015. ISBN 9789185747351, OCLC 942288033
- Harvey Tristan Cropper Some Comments on the 5 Senses. Nilsson & Bergholm. 1987. OCLC 30584797
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dec 2012 06:00, Av Bengt O. Björklund 28. "Från Harlem till Söder". sourze.se.
- ↑ Dennis Thomison (1 December 1991). The Black artist in America: an index to reproductions. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2503-1. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ryan Tebo (2011-12-20), Harvey Tristan Cropper: A Video Portrait, retrieved 2019-02-17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Art of Harvey Tristan Cropper. Styx förlag. 2015. ISBN 9789185747351. OCLC 942288033. Search this book on
- ↑ Cederholm, Theresa Dickason (1973). Afro-American Artists: A Bio-biographical Directory. Trustees of the Boston Public Library. p. 66. ISBN 9780890730072. Search this book on
- ↑ Ira Gitler (1985). Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s. Oxford University Press. pp. 297–. ISBN 978-0-19-505070-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Edward Spargo (1974). Selections from the Black. Jamestown Publishers. Search this book on
- ↑ Brian Priestley (May 2007). Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker. Oxford University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-19-532709-0. Search this book on
- ↑ "Charlie "Bird" Parker, 1920-1955". NW Film Center. October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Exhibition at Galerie Moderne". Arts Digest. Vol. 28. September 1954. p. 25.
- ↑ Polite, Allen (1964). Exhibition [of] 10 American Negro Artists Living and Working in Europe: Paintings, Prints, Drawings, Collages: Den Frie, Oslo Plads, Copenhagen, June 11-30, 1964. OCLC 17333008. Search this book on
- ↑ Music and identity : transformation and negotiation. Akrofi, E. A. (Eric Ayisi), Smit, Maria., Thorsén, Stig-Magnus. (1st ed ed.). Stellenbosch: Sun Press. 2007. ISBN 9781919980850. OCLC 232335549.CS1 maint: Extra text (link) Search this book on
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