Red Grooms Artist

Red Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937) is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life. Grooms was given the nickname "Red" by Dominic Falcone (of Provincetown’s Sun Gallery) when he was starting out as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Provincetown and was studying with Hans Hofmann.

Personal facts

Red Grooms
Birth dateJune 07, 1937
Birth place
Nashville Tennessee
Nationality
United States

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Artist

Field of work
Printmaking
Multimedia artist
training at
Nashville Tennessee
Art Institute of Chicago

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Red Grooms on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.sharksink.com/artists.asp?artists=2
  2. http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,965557,00.html
  3. http://www.wnpt.org/productions/carousel/artist.html