{{Distinguish|Tom Green (artist)}} {{Short description|American painter (1942–2012)}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Green | birth_name = Thomas Patrick Green, Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|05|27}}<ref name=":0" /> | birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.<ref name=":0" /> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|09|03|1942|05|27}}<ref name=":0" /> | death_place = Cabin John, Maryland, U.S.<ref name=":0" /> | alma_mater = University of Maryland<ref name=":0" /> | occupation = Painter, professor }}
'''Thomas Patrick Green, Jr.''' (May 27, 1942 – September 3, 2012), known more commonly as '''Tom Green''', was an American painter and professor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Ruane|first=Michael E.|date=2012-09-04|title=Acclaimed Washington artist Tom Green dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 70|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/acclaimed-washington-artist-tom-green-dies-of-lou-gehrigs-disease-at-70/2012/09/04/51f8247a-f69c-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html|access-date=2021-09-02|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He taught at Corcoran College of Art and Design, for many years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Ruane|first=Michael E.|date=December 9, 2011|title=The canvas of Maryland artist Tom Green's life is almost complete|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-canvas-of-tom-greens-life-is-almost-complete/2011/11/03/gIQAFuTLiO_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Green is associated with the Washington Color School art movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barrett|first=Maggie|date=January 20, 2010|title=Legendary D.C. Artist Tom Green's Work at the Katzen|url=https://www.american.edu/media/news/20100120_legendary_dc_artist_tom_greens_work_at_the_katzen.cfm|access-date=2021-09-02|website=American University, Washington DC|language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == Thomas Patrick Green, Jr. was born on May 27, 1942, in Newark, New Jersey.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Tom Green|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/tom-green-5790|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> Green was the oldest of four children, his father worked at the United States Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.<ref name=":1" /> He attended the University of Maryland, where he received his B.A. degree in 1969, and M.A. degree in 1971.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=1975|title=1975 Biennial Exhibition|url=https://archive.org/details/1975biennialexhi|website=Internet Archive|publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art}}</ref>
Themes within Green's work include, "language, translation, biomorphic imagery, anthropology, color, and mysticism".<ref name=":3" /> Some of his paintings have often been compared to Keith Haring, in terms of style and colors and described as "hieroglyphic".<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /> Green often worked on large canvases.<ref name=":1" />
In 1975, Green was included in the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art.<ref name=":4" /> Green's other group exhibitions include his solo exhibition''INVENTORY'' (2007) at George Mason University's Fine Arts Gallery, ''6 Painters'' (2011) at ''Civilian Art Projects.''<ref name=":3" /> He had a solo exhibition at ''Curator’s Office'' (March 2012), months before his died.<ref name=":3" />
Green taught art classes at the Corcoran College of Art and Design for approximately 40 years, and retired in 2009.<ref name=":1" />
== Death and legacy == Green died on September 3, 2012, in Cabin John, Maryland, after struggling with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.<ref name=":0" /> His work is included in the public museum collections at Smithsonian American Art Museum,<ref name=":2" /> and Baltimore Museum of Art.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tom Green|url=https://collection.artbma.org/people/9207/tom-green|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Baltimore Museum of Art|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Capps|first=Kriston|date=2012-09-05|title=Corcoran Exhibits Paintings In Memory of Deceased Teacher Tom Green|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/416742/corcoran-exhibits-paintings-in-memory-of-deceased-teacher-tom-green/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref>
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