School of the Art Institute of Chicago and College for Creative Studies (Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts School)
Known for
painting, drawing; visual art
Notable work
Black + Tan Fantasy (Duke Ellington) Living Desert Strange Fruit A Prolonged Agony of Dissimulation
Movement
Chicago Black Renaissance
Walter Sanford, also known as Sanford, (30 January 1912 – 3 July 1987), was an American artist who worked in a range of styles and influences using traditional media such as paint, ink, crayon and pencil. His artworks include collages, cartoons,
pencil drawings, linoleum-cuts, woodcuts, sculptures, paintings, and portraits. He was one of the first and only black social realism and abstract expressionist artists of the 20th century. He was heralded "Black Picasso" and "Detroit's Picasso" for his cubist figure paintings and in 1958 he won the Prix de Paris La Grande Saison de Paris at the Raymond Duncan Galleries. In Detroit, he opened the first black-owned art gallery and exhibited at the first Negro Art Exhibition and Negro History Week and was hailed as one of Michigan's foremost modern art painters in 1952.
Sanford was part of the Second Wave (1941-1960) of the Chicago Black Renaissance of African-American artists[1] and embraced a wide range of styles and influences. An expressionist until 1945, Sanford was clearly influenced by and followed Pablo Picasso's cubism in his paintings, then switched to abstract expressionism for 18 years. During this period, he traveled and worked in Mexico, France, and Las Vegas, but always returned to his home in Chicago. In 1962, he moved Sanford Studio (171 W. Oak Street, Chicago) to the South Side and set up a new studio across the street from the Prairie Shores and Lake Meadows apartments. He returned to social realism and entertained guests in his new studio while he painted for them.
^Hine, Darlene C. and McCluskey, John. (2012) The Black Chicago Renaissance. University of Illinois Press, p. 183- ISBN 978-0-252-03702-3
WalterSanford, also known as Sanford, (30 January 1912 – 3 July 1987), was an American artist who worked in a range of styles and influences using traditional...
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he began playing the role of Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx) on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–77). He also portrayed...
prior, as well as his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, and his nephew, Sanford Clark. Northcott was arrested while visiting his sister in Canada in November...
Margaret Burroughs, Charles C. Dawson, Archibald John Motley, Jr., WalterSanford, and Eldzier Cortor. During the Great Migration, which brought tens...
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Sarah Northcott to a judge, and corroborating testimony by Sanford Clark, in the murder of Walter Collins), corresponded with Gordon Northcott and received...
bridges are marked in italics. Sanford, Walter (March 28, 2016). "New suspension bridge over Accotink Creek". WalterSanford's Photoblog. Retrieved December...
the hit sitcom Sanford and Son called Sanford Arms. Sanford and Son had ended in March 1977 when star Redd Foxx left the series. Sanford Arms was intended...
by Sanford and Ellen Sawin as the 'Sunny Hills School' on September 23, 1930. The school's name was changed to 'Sanford School' in 1966. Sanford School...
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Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force...
July 11, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007. "Equatorial Sundials". WalterSanford – Sandburg Center for Sky Awareness. 2007. Archived from the original...
Sandy Baron (born Sanford Irving Beresofsky; May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001) was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and...
Steadman Vincent Sanford (August 24, 1871 – September 15, 1945) was President of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens from 1932 until 1935. He subsequently...
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