Barbara Rossi
1940–2023
Introduction
Barbara Rossi (September 20, 1940 – August 24, 2023) was an American artist, one of the original Chicago Imagists, a group that in the 1960s and 1970s turned to representational art. She first exhibited with them at the Hyde Park Art Center in 1969. She is known for meticulously rendered drawings and cartoonish paintings, as well as a personal vernacular. She worked primarily by making reverse paintings on plexiglass that reference lowbrow and outsider art.
Rossi was a teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her works are exhibited in several permanent art museum collections.
Wikidata identifier
Q4859267
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Introduction
Painter who was part of the Chicago Imagists in the late 1960s and 70s. She is known for her reverse-painting technique on Plexiglas, which she began in the mid-70s.
Roles
Artist, painter
ULAN identifier
500028304
Names
Barbara Rossi
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 7, 2025.
