Barbara Tyson Mosley
{{short description|American artist (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Tyson Mosley
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
| alma_mater = University of the District of Columbia, Georgetown University
| known_for = abstract fine art
}}
Barbara Tyson Mosley (born 1950){{Cite web|title=Barbara Tyson-Mosley|url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.42158.html|access-date=2021-02-04|website= National Gallery of Art}} is an American artist, known for her abstract landscape paintings, mix media artwork, photography, and fiber art.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2 October 2016|title=Critic's Picks Visual Arts: Wayside Gallery Spotlights Art By Women|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/229474757/|url-access=subscription|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Courier-Journal|page=14|language=en}} She is active in Louisville, Kentucky and within the Black community.{{Cite web|last=Eadens|first=Savannah|date=2020-02-05|title=Space for black women to be heard: 11 Louisville artists featured for Black History Month|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/visual/2020/02/05/kore-gallery-exhibit-african-american-women-celebrating-diversity-art/4623746002/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US}}
Biography
Barbara Tyson Mosley was born in 1950 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{Cite book|last=McElroy|first=Guy C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ELRPAAAAMAAJ|title=African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection|date=1989|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service|isbn=978-0-295-96837-7|language=en|page=123}}{{Cite book|last=Thomison|first=Dennis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYFUAAAAMAAJ|title=The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions|date=1991|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2503-1|location=|pages=287|language=en}} She attended the University of the District of Columbia and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Arts/Painting and Georgetown University and has a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies/Humanities.
Her work is in various public collections including San Bernardino County Museum of Art,{{Cite web|title=The Art of Elmer Lucille Allen, Sandra Charles, and Barbara Tyson Mosley|url=http://www.carnegiecenter.org/exhibitions/the-art-of-elmer-lucille-allen-sandra-charles-and-barbara-tyson-mosley/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Carnegie Center for Art and History|language=en-US}} the National Gallery of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art (within the Evans-Tibbs Collection of African-American Artists),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 March 1992|title=At Camden, A Century of Work by African Americans|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/176206466/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212231907/http://www.newspapers.com/image/176206466/ |archive-date=2021-02-12 |access-date=2021-02-05|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=103|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kramer|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-09-29|title=Wayside Gallery spotlights art by women|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/visual/2016/09/29/wayside-gallery-spotlights-art-women/91031414/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US}} the University of Virginia Medical Center, among others.
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Category:University of the District of Columbia alumni
Category:Georgetown University alumni
Category:21st-century African-American artists
Category:Artists from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Artists from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:Painters from Kentucky
Category:20th-century African-American artists
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