Thomas Cornell

Thomas Browne Cornell (March 1, 1937 – December 7, 2012) was an American artist. Cornell was known for empirical drawings and paintings. His work involved moral content concerning global, social, and environmental justice. He was the Richard E. Steele Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, until June 2012 when he formally retired. Biography Thomas Cornell was born March 1, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio. Cornell studied art at Amherst College (B.A., 1959) and at Yale University School of Art and Architecture (1959–1960). In 1960, Thomas Cornell became a professor of art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1962, Cornell became a professor of visual art at Bowdoin College, where he taught until his death. He was a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1969–70. In 2001 Bowdoin College appointed Cornell the Richard E. Steele Professor of Visual Arts.