Sam Middleton - Without title

Sam Middleton screen print that is not numbered, possibly an EA Framed in a beautiful silver aluminum frame with natural white passe-partout
Sam Middleton grew up in Harlem, America. Here he was introduced at an early age to the jazz music played there, which had a major influence on his work for the rest of his life. After sailing in the merchant navy for a while, he returned to New York and settled in Greenwitch Village. Here he met artists, writers and jazz musicians. The time he spent here were his most formative years. In 1956, Middleton was able to get a scholarship to San Miguel Allende in Mexico. After his studies, he lived in Sweden, France and Denmark. In 1963 he settled permanently in the Netherlands. The music still has the most influence on his work. In addition, the Dutch landscape with its vastness and blue skies. He has been focusing on the collage technique for a long time. He incorporates pieces of score and photos of jazz musicians into this, among other things. He also makes lithographs and screen prints. Four lithographs are shown below. His works are called abstract expressionist. In 1985, Sam Middleton, the bandleader of a jazz orchestra, met Duke Ellington. Ellington said he thought Middleton was 'a painter of sound'. To this Sam Middleton replied: 'Ellington you make great colours, blues and reds, and a geometric orchestration'.