Frank Wimberley Explained

Frank Wimberley
Birth Date:31 August 1926
Birth Place:Pleasantville, New Jersey
Nationality:American
Movement:Modernism
Field:Abstract art
Spouse:Juanita Wimberley

Frank Wimberley (born August 31, 1926) is an African American abstract expressionist artist.[1]

Biography

Frank Wimberley grew up in suburban New Jersey. After serving in the Army, he studied painting at Howard University with James Amos Porter, James Lesesne Wells, and Loïs Mailou Jones. There he developed an interest in jazz, which lead to friendships with Miles Davis, Ron Carter, and Wayne Shorter.[2]

Wimberley is a longtime resident of Sag Harbor, NY.[3] [4] He and his wife Juanita moved there in the 1960s into a modernist house that they designed.[5] In October 2020, T: The New York Times Style Magazine showcased the Wimberleys in their home in a feature on black families who settled in Sag Harbor in the 1930s and the decades after.[6]

Work

Wimberley paints abstractly in acrylic paints, using a wide variety of tools including scrapers, spatulas, and brushes.[7]

"Mr. Wimberley's canvases are entirely abstract, demanding to be taken for just what they are, pigment applied to cloth," wrote Helen A. Harrison for the New York Times in 1991. "Yet, in spite of the total lack of outside references, they conjure up a host of associations and implications."[8]

Frank Wimberley is represented by Berry Campbell Gallery in New York City.[9]

Critical reception

Writing about the artist's 1989 solo exhibition at the Fine Arts Center at the Southampton campus of Long Island University, New York Times critic Phyllis Braff wrote that Wimberley's "sweeping application of paint is the dominant action, serving as both theme and as principal generator of psychic energy." She credited the artist with a "forceful, imaginative and expressive use of color."[10] Grace Glueck, writing for the paper in 2001 about Wimberley's exhibition at June Kelly Gallery in New York City, said that Wimberley's "paintings are good to behold: beautifully brushed and infused with a light that magnifies their intensity."[11]

Critic Philip Barcio said of the work in Wimberley's 2019 exhibition at Berry Campbell Gallery, "The textures and surface qualities Wimberley coaxes from his paints make some appear like mirrors, and others like caverns into which the light seems to disappear. Some of his surfaces feel stand-offish, almost wounded. Others are as welcoming as a hug."[12]

Selected museum collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: York . Jennifer M. . Who's Who Among African Americans . 2003 . Gale / Cengage Learning . 9780787659158 . 1425 . 1 December 2022.
  2. News: Berry Campbell Presents Survey of Frank Wimberley Paintings. May 21, 2019. Michelle. Trauring. Sag Harbor Express. March 17, 2021. July 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200715232458/https://sagharborexpress.com/berry-campbell-presents-survey-of-frank-wimberley-paintings/. dead.
  3. News: The Eastville Story. February 25, 1979. Helen A.. Harrison. New York Times. March 17, 2021. August 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823054336/http://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/25/archives/long-island-weekly-art-the-eastville-story.html. live.
  4. News: The Art Scene 05.30.19. May 30, 2019. Mark. Segal. The East Hampton Star. 2021-03-17. 2020-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716022345/https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/2019-06-03/art-scene-053019. live.
  5. News: Artist Frank Wimberley, at 94, is still full of surprises. March 3, 2021. Troy. McMullen. ABC News. March 17, 2021. March 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315021011/https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/artist-frank-wimberley-94-full-surprises/story?id=76184787. live.
  6. News: On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. October 1, 2020. Sandra E.. Garcia. T: The New York Times Style Magazine. March 17, 2021. March 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210314165737/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/t-magazine/sag-harbor.html. live.
  7. News: The Pure Vision of Frank Wimberley. June 20, 2019. Franklin. Hill Perrell. Hamptons Art Hub. March 17, 2021. November 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129191738/https://hamptonsarthub.com/2019/06/20/reviews-art-review-the-pure-vision-of-frank-wimberley/. live.
  8. News: Expressing Ideas Through Color. November 10, 1991. Helen A. . Harrison. New York Times.
  9. Web site: Berry Campbell Gallery, Artists Represented. March 17, 2021. February 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201215203/https://berrycampbell.com/artists. live.
  10. News: An Abstract Universe. March 5, 1989. Pyllis . Braff. New York Times.
  11. News: Frank Wimberly, Compositions for Matter. November 23, 2001. Grace. Glueck. New York Times. March 17, 2021. May 27, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150527173515/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/arts/art-in-review-frank-wimberly-compositions-for-matter.html. live.
  12. Web site: Abstraction as Continuous Adventure - The Art of Frank Wimberley. June 7, 2019. Philip. Barcio. IdeelArt. March 17, 2021. December 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204044200/https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/frank-wimberley. live.
  13. Web site: Driskell Center, search, Frank Wimberley. March 17, 2021.
  14. Web site: Islip Art Museum, Selections from the permanent collection. March 17, 2021. October 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025135442/http://islipartmuseum.org/permcol_u-z.html. live.
  15. Web site: Frank Wimberley at the Saint Louis Art Museum. March 17, 2021.
  16. Web site: Yale University Art Gallery, Collage Panel, Frank Wimberley. March 17, 2021.

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