ROBERT COTTINGHAM was born in 1935 in brooklyn. in the late sixties he was member of a group that became well known as the PHOTO-REALISTS, as a reaction against ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. cottingham documented urban signage, especially colorful advertising billboards, with his camera and transferred the images into meticulous paintings and prints. I am fascinated by his work – see yourself, some of his artwork below
© robert cottingham
I wanna thank BILL PECKMAN for introducing me to the artist and
POUL WEBB for his fantastic BLOG
my name is hans bacher, – I work as production designer in the animation film industry. for the last 45 years I lived and worked in exciting places around the world. after 7 years of teaching in singapore I am back at my homebase in manila, working on a few more books.
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These are incredible. Though, I am no alien to this style, but it was still overwhelming to see the finesse with which he executed each of these paintings.
Also checked Bill Peckman’s blog, that is clearly one of the best blogs I have stumbled onto in recent years. A big THANKS for both, and the motivation you lend over and over again through your views and shares.
Cheers from India 🙂
beautiful palette!