He was known to greet each student with genuine curiosity and respect, no matter their age or skill level, with an awareness that they may have the potential to become a future colleague or friend.īelonging to a wave of artists who reintroduced figuration and narrative into a period dominated by abstraction, his distinctive painting style uses expressive realism to create scenes that vibrate with motion.
As an educator, he influenced a generation of emerging artists through his contagious enthusiasm and deep well of knowledge. A decade into their marriage, Art, Margo and their son Neil settled down in Athens, where he taught at the Lamar Dodd School of Art for the next 30 years, earning the title of the first Wheatley Professor in Fine Arts upon his retirement in 2006. 4 after a long battle with cancer.īorn in 1938 in Ogdensburg, NY, Rosenbaum earned an AB in art history and an MFA in painting at Columbia University in New York City, where he met and married fellow artist Margo Newmark. He died at the age of 83 on the early morning of Sept.
With profound talent, a big heart and an unparalleled passion for the arts, he not only inspired others through his work but was instrumental in preserving the legacies of those who inspired him. A renowned painter, muralist and educator, Art Rosenbaum was also a performer, folklorist and “song catcher” of traditional American music.
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