Dr. William Sylvester Gamble, American, 1912-2009. A 1960s Liquitex (a heavy body acrylic paint) on canvas Op-Art rendering of the Japanese flag, titled "Hi-No-Maru Ten". Signed "WMS. Gamble", dated "1966" and titled verso with gallery labels from The Kresge Art Center (MSU, Lansing, Michigan) and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Image 46 x 33 3/4" high, framed 47 x 35" high overall.
Biography:
Born in 1912, Gamble taught art at MSU from 1948 until his retirement in 1983. During that time he earned a doctorate from Columbia University and established an art education program for inmates at Jackson State Prison. In 1967, Dr. Gamble traveled to Japan, where he served as the main art consultant for the Kresge Art Museum. He remained close friends with artists George Tsutakawa and Shiro Miyazaki. Post-retirement, Dr. Gamble continued to paint and co-founded the Fine Arts Committee at The Peoples Church of East Lansing. Several his works remain in the permanent collection of Detroit Institute of Arts, The Kresge Art Center at MSU, The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and The Art Institute of Chicago.