Robert E. Paige
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| Born | Robert Earl Paige November 27, 1936 Woodlawn, Chicago, U.S. |
| Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation(s) | Multi-disciplinary artist and arts educator |
Robert Earl Paige (born November 27, 1936) is an American multi-disciplinary artist and arts educator working across textile design, painting, collage, and sculpture based in Woodlawn, Chicago, where he was born. As an artist and textile designer allied with the Black Arts Movement, Robert E. Paige trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and worked at the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Sears Roebuck & Company and Fiorio Milano design house in Italy.
Paige was raised in Chicago's South Side, where he continues to live and work, further developing his longstanding career in the decorative arts. His work visually and conceptually interrogates political and cultural themes that reflect both historical and contemporary African-American art references, as well as traditional textile practices of West Africa.