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Robert Cottingham

American painter and printmaker

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Born 26 September 1935. Education: Pratt Institute, New York, 1959-1963, AA [Academy of Art of Art Association], 1962. Teaching: Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, 1969-1970. Artist-in-residence: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1987-1992, National Academy of Design, New York, 1991, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Colorado Spring, Colorado, 1994.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500002290.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Robert Cottingham:

Robert Cottingham Fox, 1973 Lithograph printed in 24 colors on heavyweight Arjomari machine-made paper
Robert Cottingham O, 1986 Aquatint printed in three colors on white Somerset Satin paper
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