Esmé Thompson

Professor of Studio Art



Esmé Thompson is a painter and Professor of Studio Art who has taught at Dartmouth College since 1979. Her paintings are brilliant celebrations of color and design that make use of a wide range of source materials and link patterns found in nature with aspects of man-made design. She reminds us that in art, as in nature, simple patterns often organize lively and complex structures. Her work includes paintings on canvas, paper, board and painted metal relief pieces.

Thompson is a member of the Bowery Gallery in New York City. She has been a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, and returns to Italy often to pursue her interest in medieval painting and the decorative arts.

Her work has appeared in a one-person exhibition at the Bowery Gallery and the Helen Day Art Center.

Recent shows include:
    Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
    Bowery Gallery, NY, NY
    Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
    Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
    List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Thompson's Dartmouth courses include Drawing, Painting, Collage, and Senior Seminar.

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