Harvey Tristan Cropper
Harvey Tristan Cropper | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 4, 1931 Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 2012 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Painting |
Harvey Tristan Cropper (August 4, 1931 – November 15, 2012) was an American painter, born in New York City, who in the 1980s moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he died at the age of 81.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Cropper was born on August 4, 1931, in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York City,[2][3] to West Indian parents who had migrated there from St. Vincent.[1] His father was a pharmacist and his mother was an embroiderer in Harlem.[4] Cropper started creating art at the age of four, and was inspired by the many colors of his mother's 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, Cropper 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, Denmark.[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 1970s, Cropper's 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]
In 1981, Cropper moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he spent the rest of his life working in an open studio with other artists.[1][4] He died in Stockholm from cancer in 2012, aged 81.[1]
Further reading
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- The Art of Harvey Tristan Cropper. 2015. Styx förlag. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., OCLC 942288033
- Harvey Tristan Cropper Some Comments on the 5 Senses. Nilsson & Bergholm. 1987. OCLC 30584797
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