JUNE 30, 2023 OCTOBER 1, 2023
Robert L. Douglas (1934-2023), Professor Emeritus at the University of Louisville, was a visual artist, community organizer, teacher, and mentor to generations of artists and thinkers. Featuring paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, this exhibition presents rarely seen work from throughout the artist’s career, demonstrating the breadth of his artistic practice and depth of his impact locally and regionally. The exhibition is organized by the Speed Art Museum and curated by Dr. fari nzinga, Curator of Academic Engagement and Special Projects at the Speed, with support from Sarah Battle, Coordinator of Academic Programs and Publications, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, whose oral history research project, Painting a Legacy: the Black Artistic Community in Louisville, 1950s-1970s , provided a scholarly foundation for the exhibition. Through a generous donation from Eleanor Bingham Miller, general admission to the Museum will be free Wednesdays through Saturdays for the duration of Louisville’s Black Avant-Garde: Robert L. Douglas. Admission is free every Sunday throughout the year for Owsley Sundays – thanks in part to a generous gift from Brown-Forman.
Robert Douglas (American, 1934-2023) Detail of Billy At Joe’s , 1973-1974 oil on wood 13 x 11 inches (unframed), 13 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches (framed) Robert Douglas (American, 1934-2023) Detail of The Painter , 1960 oil on masonite
EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY: Eleanor Bingham Miller ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS EXHIBITION PROVIDED BY:
The Louisville Chapter of The Girl Friends
32 1/2 x 41 inches (framed), 31 1/2 x 40 inches (unframed)
Robert Douglas (American, 1934-2023) Universal Me, 1988 oil on canvas 12 5/8 x 12 5/8inches
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Robert Douglas (American, 1934-2023) Detail of Clothed Sonobia (…Thinking of You) , 2004 oil on canvas 23 1/5 x 31 1/2 inches (framed)
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Courtesy of the estate of Dr. Robert L. Douglas
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