David Solomon (artist)

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/david-solomon--artist-

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1. When was David Solomon (artist) born?1976
2. Where was David Solomon (artist) born?Kingston, New York
3. When did David Solomon (artist) die?2017
4. What is the primary locations of practice?Santa Fe, New Mexico and Houston, Texas
5. What is the educational background?San Francisco Art Institute
6. Who was David Solomon?David Solomon was an American painter who lived from 1976 to 2017. He made famous abstract and figurative art that made people think about space and imagination.

Oeuvre: The entire body of work produced by an artist.
Spatial Ambiguity: The quality of a work of art that makes its spatial relationships unclear or open to interpretation.
Figurative Inferences: Subtle suggestions or hints of recognizable forms or objects within an abstract composition.
Abstract Expressionism: A post-World War II art movement characterized by spontaneous gestures and the expression of inner emotional states.