George Wilson (American, 1930-2003) Youth Gathering

1972. Oil on canvas. Signed (lower right).

Note: A New York figurative painter, George Wilson is best known for his sensitive depictions of children from the 1970s. Born in Windsor, NC, he lived and worked in the Bronx, New York. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Contemporary Afro-American Arts at the Brooklyn Museum in 1968, Harlem Artists '69 at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1969, and the Third Annual Atlanta Life Open in 1983. He also frequently exhibited at the Spiral Gallery and the Dorsey Gallery, both in Brooklyn, NY. His paintings are in the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, and the Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.