Malkia Roberts
Malkia Roberts | |
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| Born | 1927 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | April 28, 2004 Silver Spring, MD |
| Nationality | American |
Lucille Malkia Roberts (1927-2004)[1] was an American painter.
Life[]
Born in Washington, D.C., Roberts earned her bachelor's degree from Howard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan.[2] Roberts taught for D.C. public schools throughout her career, including Duke Ellington School for the Arts and Shaw Junior High School, where she taught alongside Alma Thomas for many years.[3] She held professorships of art and art history at D.C. Teachers College, State University of New York at Oswego, Washington Technical Institute and American University.[4] She traveled extensively during her career, but much of her work was informed by African themes and topics.[5] Roberts also studied with Hale Woodruff and taught at Howard University from 1976 to 1985.[6] She exhibited widely, and her work is represented in numerous private and public collections.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Lucille D. 'Malika' Roberts". Legacy.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ Alma Thomas; Fort Wayne Museum of Art (1998). Alma W. Thomas: A Retrospective of the Paintings. Pomegranate. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-0-7649-0686-2.
- ^ King-Tisdell Museum (1988). Odyssey: Paintings [by] Malkia Roberts.
- ^ Samella S. Lewis (2003). African American Art and Artists. University of California Press. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-0-520-23935-7.
- ^ "Swann Galleries - The Richard A. Long Collection of African-American Art - Sale 2359, Part I - October 9, 2014". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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