Tom Patrick Green

Not to be confused with Tom Green (artist).

Thomas Patrick Green, Jr. (May 27, 1942 – September 3, 2012), known more commonly as Tom Green, was an American painter and professor.^[1] He taught at Corcoran College of Art and Design, for many years.^[2] Green is associated with the Washington Color School art movement.^[3]

Tom Green
Born	Thomas Patrick Green, Jr. (1942-05-27)May 27, 1942[1] Newark, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Died	September 3, 2012(2012-09-03) (aged 70)[1] Cabin John, Maryland, U.S.[1]
Alma mater	University of Maryland[1]
Occupation(s)	Painter, professor

Biography

Thomas Patrick Green, Jr. was born on May 27, 1942, in Newark, New Jersey.^[4] Green was the oldest of four children, his father worked at the United States Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.^[2] He attended the University of Maryland, where he received his B.A. degree in 1969, and M.A. degree in 1971.^[1][5]

Themes within Green's work include, "language, translation, biomorphic imagery, anthropology, color, and mysticism".^[6] Some of his paintings have often been compared to Keith Haring, in terms of style and colors and described as "hieroglyphic".^[6][1] Green often worked on large canvases.^[2]

In 1975, Green was included in the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art.^[5] Green's other group exhibitions include, 6 Painters (2011) at Civilian Art Projects.^[6] He had a solo exhibition at Curator’s Office (March 2012), months before his died.^[6]

Green taught art classes at the Corcoran College of Art and Design for approximately 40 years, and retired in 2009.^[2]

Death and legacy

Green died on September 3, 2012, in Cabin John, Maryland, after struggling with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[1] His work is included in the public museum collections at Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[4] and Baltimore Museum of Art.^[7]

Green's work was featured in the postmortem retrospective exhibition, Tom Green: Accident and Intent (2010) at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center.^[6]