His work is now the subject of “Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine,” a captivating show at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, through Jan. 9. The first Thompson retrospective ...

Fearless, prolific, and protean from the start of his career, Thompson was able to absorb influences from both contemporary and historical artists without becoming derivative. Bob Thompson ...

After mentoring a generation of artists, the seasoned “Diasporican” painter has a career in bloom, with a solo show and a bold dialogue with Bob Thompson.

Bob Thompson, “The Execution” (1961), oil on linen, 7 x 10 ½ inches. Private Collection, New York (Courtesy Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro. Photo by Jerry L. Thompson / Art Resource ...

Child killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were both 10 ... had taken A-Levels and had shown a growing interest in art when he was released. Back in 2006, it was reported that Thompson was ...

Bob Thompson died of a heroin overdose in 1966 ... Still—what perfect, Hollywood foreshadowing! Thompson’s art is often vague, deeply dependent on famous European sources, and yet impossible ...

By Roberta Smith Few painters have used color as vigorously or as variously as Bob Thompson, the remarkable, driven American artist who was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1937, and died in Rome on ...

By Brian Boucher The legacy of the painter Bob Thompson, who died at 28 in 1966, is well out of proportion to his short life. A retrospective now at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville ...

Robert Farris Thompson, an eminent art historian recognized for his field-leading research and writing on the art, history, culture, dance, and music of Africa and the Afro-Atlantic world, and who was ...

The Smart Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, This House is Mine, is a collection of Bob Thompson’s greatest works. It is an awe-inspiring sight, especially since it is Chicago’s first survey of ...

Robert Thompson will always be remembered for carrying ... had taken A-Levels and had shown a growing interest in art when he was released. Back in 2006, it was reported that Thompson was settled ...