Caribbean Bird Vendor [SEP] creator
Caribbean Bird Vendor
Caribbean Bird Vendor is a painting by Ellis Wilson in 1953. It is now part of Hampton University’s permanent exhibition.
Description.
The painting is oil on canvas and is roughly wide and tall. The work is an expressionistic portrait of a dark skinned, shirtless, adult Caribbean male holding three birds. The man and his three birds are all looking straight out of the painting at the viewer. Hazy, neutral yellow leaves are in the background, while the man and his other two birds
– "Caribbean Bird Vendor"
Exhibitions.
- October – Robert Rauschenberg's "White Paintings" are exhibited at Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery in New York City.
Births.
- January 7 – Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor
- February 25 – Martin Kippenberger, German artist (d. 1997)
- April 24 – Eric Bogosian, American performance artist
- May 18 – Helen Chadwick, English conceptual artist (d. 1996)
- September 12 – Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer and