James Bishop

James Daniel Bishop (October 7, 1927February 16, 2021) was an American painter. He completed his education in the United States, before moving to France in 1957 and living there for most of his career. He was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970. Early life Bishop was born in Neosho, Missouri, on October 7, 1927. He was the only child of Otto McMaster Bishop and Faye Lenora Robinson Bishop. The family resided at 327 South Washington Street during his childhood. He attended Neosho High School, graduating in 1945. That same year, he enrolled in Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and later obtained his bachelor's degree in journalism. Art career Bishop's formal art education began in 1950, when he entered the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and studied there for three years. He was subsequently accepted into the Yale-Norfolk Summer Art School in Norfolk, Connecticut. He also studied at Black Mountain College under Esteban Vicente, before spending one year at Columbia College studying art history with Meyer Schapiro.