Eldzier cortor biography examples

American painter (– )

Eldzier Cortor (January 10, – November 26, ) was an African-American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings,^[1] influenced by both traditional African art and Europeansurrealism.^[2][3] Cortor is known for his style of realism that makes accurate depictions of poor, Black living conditions look fantastic as he distorts perspective.^[4]

Early life and education

Cortor was born in Richmond, Virginia,^[5][6] to John and Ophelia Cortor.^[7] His family moved to Chicago when Cortor was about a year old, eventually settling in that city's South Side, where Cortor attended Englewood High School.

His family was a part of the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the industrial North.^[8] Fellow students at Englewood included the African-American artists Charles Wilbert White and Margaret Burroughs.^&