DAVID
DRISKELL
Am. 1931 - 2020
In 1953 David Driskell attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and began a lifelong relationship with the State of Maine. He and his wife Thelma purchased a home in Falmouth, Maine in the early 1960's. His works of art are in the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Bowdoin College Museum and the the Colby College Museum, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, among many others.
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For an interesting description of his life and relationship to Maine, see this article in Down East magazine.
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In 2001 the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora was established at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Driskell Center is the site of the exhibition "David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration and Friendship" through May 24, 2024. Read the Washington Post review of the exhibition.
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