| Summary: | Artist and scholar David Driskell was born on June 7, 1931, in Eatonton, Georgia. He attended North Carolina's public schools, earned his B.A. degree at Howard University and his M.F.A. degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Driskell also pursued post-graduate studies at the Netherlands Institute for the History of Art. He also pursued independent studies in Europe, Africa and South America. In 1976, Driskell opened his groundbreaking exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art", at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Driskell wrote five exhibition books, co-authored four others and published more than forty catalogues from exhibitions he curated. In 1998, the University of Maryland established the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora. In 2006, his life's works were described in the biography, David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar. In 2007, Driskell was elected as national academician by the National Academy.
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