Walter Sanford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Walter Sanford, also known as Sanford, (30 January 1912 – 3 July 1987), was an American artist who spent almost every day of his adult life painting in Chicago and Detroit.
He was one of the first and only black social realism and abstract expressionist artists of the 20th century.
He was heralded “Black Picasso” and “Detroit’s Picasso” for his cubist figure paintings and in 1958 he won the Prix de Paris La Grande Saison de Paris at the Raymond Duncan Galleries.
He opened the first black-owned art gallery and exhibited at the first Negro Art Exhibition and Negro History Week in Detroit.
Sanford was hailed as one of Michigan’s foremost modern art painters in 1952. Sanford was part of the Second Wave (1941-1960) of the Black Chicago Renaissance of African-American artists and embraced a range of styles and influences.
An expressionist until 1945, Sanford was clearly influenced by and followed Pablo Picasso’s cubism in his paintings, then switched to abstract expressionism for 18 years.
During this period, he traveled and worked in Mexico, France, and Las Vegas, but always returned to his home in Chicago.
In 1962, he moved Sanford Studio (171 W.
Oak Street, Chicago) to the South Side and set up a new studio across the street from the Prairie Shores and Lake Meadows apartments.
He returned to social realism and entertained guests in his new studio while he painted for them.

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