Biografie von Robert GORDY (1933-1986)

Birth place: Jefferson Island, LA

Death place: New Orleans

Addresses: New Orleans, New Iberia, LA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, B.A. & M.A.; State Univ. Iowa; Yale Univ., Yale-Norfolk fellowship, 1953, with Hans Hofmann.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1960; WMAA, 1967, 1973; Winners of Exhib. Artists of Southeast & Texas, New Orleans Mus. Art, 1968 & 1972; 14 Artist Award Winners in Southeast & Southwest, Selected by Nat. Council Arts, Witte Mem. Mus, San Antonio, 1968; New Acquisitions, WMAA, 1968; Spirit of the Comics, Inst. Contemporary Art Phila.; Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans. Awards: purchase prizes, New Orleans Mus. Art, 1958, 1967 & 1971 & Dallas MFA, 1969; Nat. Council Arts grant, 1967.

Work: WMAA; CGA; Dallas MFA; Fort Worth AC; New Orleans Mus. Art.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, ink.

Sources: WW73; Joseph Mashek, Interview with R. Gordy," Studio Int. (Dec., 1969); The Character of Collecting-Modern (Peoria Art Mus., 1970); Ted Calas, "The Art Gallery Guide," April, 1972. Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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