Malkia Roberts
BornFebruary 2, 1917
Washington, D.C.
DiedApril 28, 2004 (age 87)
Silver Spring, MD
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Howard University
Known forPainting
Notable work"Out of the Blues"
StyleAbstract

Lucille Elizabeth Davis "Malkia" Roberts (1917–2004)[1] was an American painter and educator.

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 forty 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] According to the artist, she was influenced by her studies: "I have various degrees in Sociology which allow me to inject intellectual themes into my artistry."[7] In addition, her "travels to Africa have greatly influenced [her] style and direction of work."[8]

Malkia Roberts ( 1923 ), “Spectrum” Acrylic on canvas 1972

References

  1. ↑ "Lucille Elizabeth Davis "Malkia" Roberts Bio and Resume" (PDF). galeriemyrtis.net. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ King-Tisdell Museum (1988). Odyssey: Paintings [by] Malkia Roberts.
  5. ↑ Samella S. Lewis (2003). African American Art and Artists. University of California Press. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-0-520-23935-7.
  6. ↑ "Swann Galleries - The Richard A. Long Collection of African-American Art - Sale 2359, Part I - October 9, 2014". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. ↑ duBuclet, Linda (December 27, 1984). "The Blues: Artist's Best Work". The Washington Post.
  8. ↑ Peirre-Noel, Lois Jones (1976). "Black Women in the Visual Arts: A Comparative Study". New Directions. 3 (2): 3 – via Google Scholar.


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