Robert Cottingham

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Robert Cottingham
Born
Robert Cottingham

(1935-09-26) September 26, 1935 (age 89)
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality American
Education B.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York
Known forPainting
Patron(s)Louis K. Meisel

Robert Cottingham (born 26 September 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American artist known for his paintings and prints of urban American landscapes, showing building facades, neon signs, movie marquees, railroad heralds, and shop fronts.

Cottingham is usually classified as a photorealist. He characterizes his paintings as belonging to a tradition of American vernacular scenes painted by Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler. Cottingham was influenced by his background in advertising and typography, and consequently connects his work to Pop art. [1]

Cottingham turned to painting full-time after his first successful solo exhibitions in 1968. [2] He began showing at the OK Harris Gallery in New York in 1971. [3] In 1974, he was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. [4] Cottingham is a two-time recipient of fellowships from MacDowell. [5]

In 1990, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1994. [6] A retrospective of Cottingham's prints took place at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1999. [7]

Selected collections

Notes

  1. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  3. ↑ Photorealism by Louis K. Meisel. Abradale/Abrams, New York, NY, (1989).
  4. ↑ "Robert Cottingham: An American Alphabet". The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Robert Cottingham - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". nationalacademy.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  7. ↑ Hathaway, Bruce. "The Beauty in the Blight". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  9. ↑ "Robert Cottingham | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". whitney.org. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  11. ↑ "Robert Cottingham | National Gallery of Art". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  12. ↑ "Robert Cottingham | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  13. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1935. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  14. ↑ "Robert Cottingham". Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  15. ↑ "Robert Cottingham | Buffalo AKG Art Museum". buffaloakg.org. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  16. ↑ "Collection | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
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