# Arthur Rose Sr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Rose_Sr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Rose_Sr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rose_Sr. > Source revision: 1335563688 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American painter}} {{Infobox artist | name = Arthur Rose Sr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1921|5|26}} | birth_place = [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina), United States | spouse = Elizabeth McMillan Rose, 1926 - | field = [Art, Art Education](/source/Art%2C_Art_Education), painting, sculpture | movement = Expressionist | education = [Claflin University](/source/Claflin_University) (B.Art), [NYU](/source/NYU), (Master's Degree) | notable_works = The Graduate (1974 Sculpture)
Facts of Life thumb|Oil on Canvas 39 1/8" x 25 1/8" | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|2|13|1921|5|26|mf=yes}} | death_place = Columbia, South Carolina, United States }} '''Arthur Rose Sr.''' (May 26, 1921 - February 13, 1995) was an American painter,{{cite book|author=Walter B. Edgar|title=The South Carolina Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90ITAAAAYAAJ|year=2006|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-57003-598-2}} sculptor,[https://archive.today/20140901014706/http://www.claflin.edu/claflin-news/2011/09/30/cun159 Arthur Rose Sculpture "The Graduate" To Be Presented To Claflin] and professor. He has been featured in many publications and public [exhibition](/source/exhibition)s in the United States.{{cite web|title=South Carolina African American History Calendar Honorees |url=http://scafricanamerican.com/honorees/view/1995/10/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140901014654/http://scafricanamerican.com/honorees/view/1995/10/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-01 }}[http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/06/19/3172378/beaufort-history-museum-a-look.html "Beaufort History Museum a look back at local art of the 1960s and 1970s"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109161909/http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/06/19/3172378/beaufort-history-museum-a-look.html |date=2015-01-09 }}. ''Low Country Current'', ny Lisa Annelouise Rentz == Biography == Rose was African-American.{{cite book|author=Lauritza Salley Hill|title=African Americans of Orangeburg County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sI4ZIKYB7HMC&pg=PA47|year=2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9880-2|pages=47–}} Arthur Rose Sr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina on May 26, 1921.{{cite web|title=Ask Art: The Artist's Bluebook|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/r/arthur_rose/arthur_rose.aspx}} === World War II Service === In November 1942, he enlisted in the Navy, serving until December 6, 1945, when he was honorably discharged. === Education === Rose graduated cum laude from [Claflin University](/source/Claflin_University) in 1950, becoming the second student in the school's history to earn a degree in art.[http://thetandd.com/100_objects/objects-day-building-housing-claflin-s-museum-built-by-students/article_2b072496-2729-11e4-8127-0019bb2963f4.html "100 OBJECTS/DAY 65: Building housing Claflin's museum built by students"]. ''Times & Democrat online'' Wanting to further his education, Rose attended [New York University](/source/New_York_University) and studied under several noted artists, including [Hale Woodruff](/source/Hale_Woodruff), earning his master's degree in 1952.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Thomas|title=After 'shaping perspective of generations,' renowned artist Arthur Rose dies at 73|newspaper=Times and Democrat|date=14 February 1995}} === Teaching years === In 1952 Rose returned to Claflin, helping to establish that school's Department of Art, and served as its Chair through 1976.[http://thetandd.com/lifestyles/celebrating-heritage-local-artist-and-author-releases-book-on-fine/article_517ff452-5ec7-11e3-afb8-0019bb2963f4.html "Celebrating heritage: Local artist and author releases book on fine art"]. ''Times & Democrat''. In 1977, he transferred to [Voorhees College](/source/Voorhees_College), becoming that school's Artist in Residence, continuing to teach through 1991. Many students under his tutelage were poor. Not only would Rose invite them to his home for meals, but would provide them art supplies.[http://thetandd.com/news/article_dcc215f2-fd19-11e0-9554-001cc4c03286.html "Artist didn't let hard life dealt him stifle his love of drawing, painting"]. ''Times and Democrat''. Many of his students would go on to successful art and teaching careers of their own. One of them, [Leo Twiggs](/source/Leo_Twiggs),{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Laufer|author2=Leo Franklin Twiggs|author3=Frank W. Martin|author4=Georgia Museum of Art|title=Myths and metaphors: the art of Leo Twiggs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AswLAQAAMAAJ|date=1 February 2004|publisher=Georgia Museum of Art|isbn=9780915977529 }}[http://thetandd.com/news/local/leo-twiggs-takes-art-lovers-down-creative-path-in-messages/article_2163180a-0724-11e1-aa7b-001cc4c03286.html "THE JOURNEY"]. ''Tines & Democrat''. would help establish the art program and museum at South Carolina State College. An art museum has been established in his name at Claflin.{{cite book|author1=Aqeela Mohammed|author2=Claflin Prowler|title=Claflin University 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtuWGywexrkC&pg=PT83|date=15 March 2011|publisher=College Prowler|isbn=978-1-4274-9946-2|pages=83–}} He had four children: Patricia A. Rose (deceased), Arthur Rose Jr., Bernard H. Rose, and Marcia L. Rose (deceased). == References == {{reflist}} *[http://thejohnsoncollection.org/pages/art/artistdetail/189 Author Rose] The Johnson Collection, LLC (Spartanburg, SC) *http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/gvilleh/news/Blair%20Wim%20Catalogue%20Essay.doc ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140407181932/http://claflin.edu/academics/school-of-humanities-social-sciences/art/arthur-rose-museum Arthur Rose Museum] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Arthur Sr.}} Category:1921 births Category:1995 deaths Category:New York University alumni Category:20th-century African-American academics Category:20th-century American academics Category:20th-century American sculptors Category:American male sculptors Category:20th-century American painters Category:20th-century American male artists Category:American male painters Category:Academics from South Carolina Category:United States Navy sailors Category:20th-century African-American painters Category:African-American United States Navy personnel Category:African Americans in World War II --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Rose Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rose_Sr.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rose_Sr.?action=history)). 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