Sam Gilliam born on November 30, 1933, and died on June 25, 2022, was a colour field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist from the United States.
Gilliam was a member of the Washington Color School a group of artists from the Washington, D.C. area who developed a form of abstract art from colour field painting in the 1950s and 1960s.
His works have also been classified as abstract expressionism and lyrical abstraction.
He created sculptural 3D elements on stretched, draped, and wrapped canvas.
Around 1965, he was recognized as the first artist to introduce the concept of a draped, painted canvas hanging without stretcher bars.
This was a significant contribution to the Color Field School and has left an indelible mark on the contemporary art canon.
Sam died on the 25th of June in his home district. The cause of his death has not been made public yet.
At the time of his death, Sam was said to have amassed an estimated net worth of $1.5 million, based on data from Forbes, IMDb, Wikipedia, and other online sources.
He has appeared on the list of famous people born on November 30th and the Richest celebrities born in the United States.
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