Skip to main content

Benny Andrews Art

American, 1930-2006

Using an innovative technique he called “rough collage,” Benny Andrews created vivid portraits of everyday people that mixed painting with pieces of clothing and other textural materials.

Andrews grew up in a family of sharecroppers in rural Georgia, his creativity nurtured by his father, who was a self-taught artist, and his mother, who believed in the importance of education. He was the first in his family to complete high school and attended Fort Valley State College on a 4-H Club scholarship. Andrews was limited by the lack of art courses available to him at Fort Valley, and in 1950 he enlisted in the Air Force and served in the Korean War. On the G.I. Bill, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). While fellow students focused on Abstract Expressionism, Andrews developed his own expressive style; one of his earliest portraits was of the janitors at SAIC. After he graduated in 1958, he moved to New York. ​​Andrews’s first solo show was in 1960 at Paul Kessler Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Visibility and social justice were at the forefront of Benny Andrews’s paintings, which meditated on scenes of daily life, drawing on memories of the artist’s childhood in the South. His subjects included his family members as well as other artists, such as Alice Neel, Norman Lewis and Howardena Pindell.

A longtime educator, including for three decades at New York’s Queens College, Andrews avidly promoted opportunities for Black artists, such as cofounding with Clifford R. Joseph the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition in 1969, which advocated for inclusion in museum exhibitions. One of his final works —completed between 2004 and 2006 — was the Migrant Series in which he retraced the forced relocation of Indigenous people on the Trail of Tears, the Dust Bowl migration and the displacement of Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Andrews’s work has continued to garner acclaim after his death in 2006, with posthumous exhibitions including “Benny Andrews: Portraits, a Real Person Before the Eyes” at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York in 2020.

Find Benny Andrews art on 1stDibs.

to
6
15
9
9
6
6
6
3
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews

Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Glider Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm ...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Black Bird, Modern Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Black Bird, Modern Lithograph by Benny Andrews

Black Bird, Modern Lithograph by Benny Andrews

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Black Bird Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on Cream BFK Rives Paper, signed, titled and numbered in penci...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Moving On, Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Moving On, Lithograph by Benny Andrews

Moving On, Lithograph by Benny Andrews

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Moving On Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge

By Benny Andrews

Located in Southampton, NY

Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Moving On, Contemporary Lithograph by Benny Andrews

Moving On, Contemporary Lithograph by Benny Andrews

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) - Moving On, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 275, Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm), Frame ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Black Bird
Black Bird

Black Bird

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews (American, 1930-2006) "Black Bird", Abstract Lithograph signed in rear of Print, 30 x 22.25, Late 20th Century, 1980 Colors: Black, Grey, Whi...

Category

1980s Abstract Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rollo Mixed Media Artwork, Contemporary, Signed, 1971, Framed, 24x15"

Rollo Mixed Media Artwork, Contemporary, Signed, 1971, Framed, 24x15"

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1...

Category

1970s Contemporary Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Foil

Upim Mixed Media Artwork, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 1971

Upim Mixed Media Artwork, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 1971

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1...

Category

1970s Contemporary Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Foil

Woman with Flowers
Woman with Flowers

Woman with Flowers

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Woman with Flowers Year: 1976 Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. (and ...

Category

1970s Contemporary Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Related Items
Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art
Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art

Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art

By Simon Tozer

Located in Deddington, GB

Excelsior by Simon Tozer [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprint on Paper Edition number of 30 Image size: H:23 cm x W:30 cm ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Cavaliers dans les Dunes
Cavaliers dans les Dunes

André BrasilierCavaliers dans les Dunes, 1974

$1,200

H 21.25 in W 30 in D 0.01 in

Cavaliers dans les Dunes

By André Brasilier

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Andre Brasilier (French, born 1929) Title: Cavaliers dans les Dunes Year: 1974 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed "Bien Amicalement" (With Friendship) and "Epr...

Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Image D'un Été (Image of Summer) Signed Lithograph, Red Female Nude, Exotic Bird
Image D'un Été (Image of Summer) Signed Lithograph, Red Female Nude, Exotic Bird

Image D'un Été (Image of Summer) Signed Lithograph, Red Female Nude, Exotic Bird

By Corneille

Located in Union City, NJ

Image D'un Été is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free, by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guillaume van Beverloo) an abstract expressionist who co-founded the 20th Century experimental art movement CoBrA recognized for their spontaneous, rebellious style of painting that was heavily inspired by the art of children and the mentally ill. Corneille devises his colorful fantastic imagery with exotic plant forms, sensuous female bodies, animals and lively pattern design. Image D'un Été confronts the viewer with a bold erotic red female nude with blue hair and an exotic tropical bird soaring beneath the heat of a blazing red orange sun. Print size - 23.25 x 19.75 in. unframed, vivid colors, hand signed in white pencil by Corneille Edition size - 200, plus proofs Year published - 1981 Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co., NY About the artist Corneille - Guillaume Corneille was born in Liege, Belgium on July 3, 1922. Corneille studied drawing at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie, but as a painter he was entirely self-taught. After having attended courses at the School of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, he started his painting experience influenced by Surrealism. Corneille, also known as Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, was a painter and graphic artist who radicalized the conservative Dutch art world in the early 1950s. He is co-founder with Karel Appel, Eugene Brands...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden
Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden

Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden

By Romare Bearden

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 33/150, plus proofs Size: 28.75 x 2...

Category

1970s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper
"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper

Deborah Rumer"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper, 1989

$440Sale Price|20% Off

H 16 in W 12 in D 0.5 in

"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper

By Deborah Rumer

Located in Soquel, CA

"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper 1989 Lithograph on paper titled "Weather Eye" by Deborah Rumer (American, 20th Century). A windowsill is the focal point, as the viewer look...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

LOBSTER and  OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
LOBSTER and  OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)

LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)

By Norbertine Bresslern-Roth

Located in Santa Monica, CA

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...

Category

1920s Vienna Secession Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Linocut

Landscape - Etching on Paper by Hippolyte Camille Delpy - 1904
Landscape - Etching on Paper by Hippolyte Camille Delpy - 1904

Landscape - Etching on Paper by Hippolyte Camille Delpy - 1904

By Hippolyte Camille Delpy

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape is an original etching on creamy paper realized in 1904 by French artist Hippolyte Camille Delpy (1842 - 1910). Signed on the plate on the lower right. The state of prese...

Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Etching

Versailles (France) original lithograph vintage SNCF travel poster
Versailles (France) original lithograph vintage SNCF travel poster

Versailles (France) original lithograph vintage SNCF travel poster

By Maurice Milliere

Located in Spokane, WA

Original Versailles, France vintage lithograph French travel poster. Printed by the French National Railroad, SNCF in the 1938's. Printer: Goossens. A poster fit for a king since he once resided here at Versailles. Transform your living space with the elegance and grandeur of the Versailles Original Poster. This exquisite piece captures the breathtaking beauty of the iconic Palace of Versailles, showcasing its majestic fountains and lush gardens. The vibrant colors and intricate details bring to life the opulence and historical significance of one of the world's most renowned landmarks. The grand fountains had a chariot and horses...

Category

1930s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Polish French Expressionist Judaica Woodcut Had Gadya from Passover Haggadah
Polish French Expressionist Judaica Woodcut Had Gadya from Passover Haggadah

Polish French Expressionist Judaica Woodcut Had Gadya from Passover Haggadah

By Arthur Kolnik

Located in Surfside, FL

Arthur Kolnik, Jewish painter and printmaker Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) 1890 - Paris (France) 1972 Arthur Kolnik was born in Stanislavov, a small town in Galicia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, who was originally from Lithuania, worked as an accountant and his mother, who was originally from Vienna, ran a shop. In 1905, he discovered Yiddish literature in Czernowitz, on the occasion of the first conference on Yiddish language, which was organized by several writers including I. L. Peretz, Cholem Aleichem, Shalom Asch, and Nomberg. In 1909, Kolnik joined the School of Fine Arts in Krakow and took classes taught by Jacek Malezcewski and Joseph Mehoffer, a portrait painter and an artist who produced stained-glass windows in Fribourg (Switzerland). He was mobilized in the Austrian army in 1914. He was wounded in 1916 and repatriated to Vienna, where he met the Judaic painter Isidor Kaufmann. In 1919, Kolnik settled in Czernowitz, which was then annexed by Romania. There, he met writer and poet Itzik Manger and storyteller Eliezer Steinberg for whom he produced several illustrations. In 1920, Kolnik left for the United States, bringing fifty paintings...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Woodcut

Chagall, Die Zauberflöte (Mourlot CS. 38), The Metropolitan Opera (after)

Chagall, Die Zauberflöte (Mourlot CS. 38), The Metropolitan Opera (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Fairfield, CT

Title: Die Zauberflöte (Mourlot CS. 38), The Metropolitan Opera Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Size: 39.5 x 25.75 inches Notes: From the opening of Mozart's 'The Magic F...

Category

1970s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bernard Lorjou "Pirouette au Galop" 1978 Expressionist Woodcut, Signed, H.C. Edn
Bernard Lorjou "Pirouette au Galop" 1978 Expressionist Woodcut, Signed, H.C. Edn

Bernard Lorjou "Pirouette au Galop" 1978 Expressionist Woodcut, Signed, H.C. Edn

By Bernard Lorjou

Located in Miami, FL

BERNARD LORJOU – "PIROUETTE AU GALOP" ⚜ Woodcut ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Left ⚜ Numbered H.C. from the Edition of 80 ⚜ Conservation Frame ENERGY AND DRAMA FROM “LE CIRQUE” Created in 197...

Category

1970s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Woodcut

Previously Available Items
"New York Cafe" Benny Andrews, 1966 African-American Social Realist Work
"New York Cafe" Benny Andrews, 1966 African-American Social Realist Work

"New York Cafe" Benny Andrews, 1966 African-American Social Realist Work

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews New York Cafe, 1966 Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, lower margin Lithograph on wove paper Image 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches Sheet 13 x 18 inches Edition 201/250 Ben...

Category

1960s Realist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Crazy Birds" Benny Andrews, 1964 Birds Stylized Surrealist Animal Sketch
"Crazy Birds" Benny Andrews, 1964 Birds Stylized Surrealist Animal Sketch

"Crazy Birds" Benny Andrews, 1964 Birds Stylized Surrealist Animal Sketch

By Benny Andrews

Located in New York, NY

Benny Andrews Crazy Birds, 1964 Signed and dated lower right "Aug 11, 64" Inscribed on verso Ink on paper 11 x 15 inches Benny Andrews was an artist, educator and activist. He was ...

Category

1960s Modern Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"The Reaper" Abstract Assemblage Figurative Painting
"The Reaper" Abstract Assemblage Figurative Painting

"The Reaper" Abstract Assemblage Figurative Painting

By Benny Andrews

Located in Houston, TX

Painting of an African American woman with short hair standing next to an abstract tree by southern artist Benny Andrews in 1975. Signed and dated in lower right corner. Hung in a decorative frame with a simple white mat. Dimensions Without Frame: H 29 in. x W 21 in. Artist Biography: Born in 1930, one of ten children in a Georgia farming family, Benny Andrews grew up desperately poor. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill. He differed from his fellow students, mostly Abstract Expressionists, by going off to jazz clubs to draw. In 1958, he moved to New York, where his artist friends included Red Grooms, Bob Thompson and the Soyer brothers. For two years (1982-84), he served as director of the Visual Art Program for the National Endowment for the Arts, after which he returned to full-time painting. Two kinds of influence coexist in Andrews's art. The first is an exuberant regionalism that takes into account the lives of the poor; Andrews sees a precedent in the work of Thomas Hart Benton. The second is the narrative impulse of much African-American painting...

Category

1970s American Modern Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Black Bird
Black Bird

Black Bird

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Black Bird Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Paper Size: 30 x 2...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Turtle Dove
Turtle Dove

Turtle Dove

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Turtle Dove Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Pap...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews

Glider, Abstract Lithograph by Benny Andrews

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Glider Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm ...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Moving On
Moving On

Benny AndrewsMoving On, 1980

Sold

H 30 in W 22 in

Moving On

By Benny Andrews

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Moving On Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Size: 30 in. x 22 i...

Category

1980s Expressionist Benny Andrews Art

Materials

Lithograph

Benny Andrews art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Benny Andrews art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Benny Andrews in lithograph, canvas, fabric and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Expressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Benny Andrews art, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bruno Zupan, Ernst Barlach, and Otto Dix. Benny Andrews art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $720 and tops out at $250,000, while the average work can sell for $900.

Artists Similar to Benny Andrews

Questions About Benny Andrews Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Benny Andrews was from Plainview, Georgia. He received his formal artistic training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and then moved to New York, New York, in 1958. Andrews died on November 10, 2006 in Brooklyn, New York. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Benny Andrews art.