Painter

Frank Bowling

Guyanese British painter of poured abstraction and map paintings, and the first Black Royal Academician.

Sir Richard Sheridan Patrick Michael Aloysius Franklin Bowling (né Richard Sheridan Franklin Bowling; born 26 February 1934), known as Frank Bowling, is a British artist who was born in British Guiana. He is particularly renowned for his large-scale, abstract "Map" paintings, which relate to abstract expressionism, colour field painting and lyrical abstraction. Bowling has been described as "one of Britain’s greatest living abstract painters", as "one of the most distinguished black artists to emerge from post-war British art schools" and as a "modern master". British cultural critic and theorist Stuart Hall situates Bowling’s career within a first generation, or "wave" of post-war, Black-British art, one characterised by postwar politics and British decolonisation. He is the first black artist to be elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Born
1934-02-26, Bartica, GuyanaA Monday
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo
Nationality
Guyana
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1934-02-26, Bartica, Guyana · time unknown, noon chart

America/Guyanathe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces7°22′Direct
MoonLeo6°13′Direct
MercuryPisces20°11′Retrograde
VenusAquarius7°57′Direct
MarsPisces17°43′Direct
JupiterLibra22°36′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius21°00′Direct
UranusAries24°43′Direct
NeptuneVirgo11°07′Retrograde
PlutoCancer22°49′Retrograde

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