Eldzier Cortor Archives - Swann Galleries News

December 2, 2015|Swann Communications|African-American Fine Art

Remembering Eldzier Cortor

Thanksgiving weekend was tinged with grief this year as the art world mourned the loss of painter and print-maker Eldzier Cortor. Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916, his family moved…

September 4, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

“Rosenwald” an Excellent Documentary and an Important Legacy

Lot 26: Elizabeth Catlett, On the Subway, offset lithograph, 1986.Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. While Nigel Freeman, Director of our African-American Fine Arts Department is hard at work preparing for the preview and…

February 12, 2015 | African-American Fine Art

Living Legend: Eldzier Cortor

On Saturday, February 21 the South Side Community Arts Center in Chicago will host an event celebrating the work of renowned artist and printmaker Eldzier Cortor. Swann’s own Nigel Freeman will…

October 18, 2012 | African-American Fine Art

The Chicago Renaissance: Grounded in Life

Figurative artists Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith and Charles White stayed true to their roots in social realism as their work evolved in the post-war decades. Unlike contemporaries Charles Alston, Norman…

Eldzier Cortor

Remembering Eldzier Cortor

“Rosenwald” an Excellent Documentary and an Important Legacy

Living Legend: Eldzier Cortor

The Chicago Renaissance: Grounded in Life

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