Attributed to Sam Gilliam, Jr., American, 1933 to 2022, oil painting on board depicting an abstract expressionist composition, 1980. Signed upper right. Additionally signed, on the backside. Framed. Sam Gilliam Jr is known for Abstract color field and drape painting, collage, graphics. Abstract Color Field painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the University of Louisville in 1980 and Northwestern University in 1990. Gilliams present work has its origins in paintings he made in the early 1980s. He was then literally raking huge quantities of acrylic paint and gel across a large canvas, then cutting the canvas into fairly regular geometric shapes; triangles and rectangles, wedges and arcs, and stitching the parts together in an improvisational way almost like a crazy quilt. While the resulting compositions were in fact quite flat, their colliding geometries and their vibrant colors made the surfaces seem to pulsate and jump. American Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.