Perhaps more than any of his contemporaries, he developed a radically abstract style of painting that fused cubism, surrealism and expressionism. While many of his colleagues moved from figuration to. Corcoran gallery of art, 36th biennial exhibition of contemporary american painting, 1979 american academy of arts and letters, exhibition by newly elected members and recipients, 1979. Aided by 80 color and 50 blackandwhite plates, exhibit curator prather. His use of synthetic commercial enamel for these works was an economic choiceas he told the critic harold rosenberg, i. The late paintings, the 1980s the museum of modern art, moma ps1, and the moma stores in new york city have closed temporarily. His early works at midcentury including his women series solidified his place in art history survey books, but little. Together they trace the artists career, illustrating his muchheralded debut exhibition in 1948, his sensational woman series. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. He was born in rotterdam, where he grew up in an impoverished household and attended the rotterdam academy, training in fine and commercial arts. Includes press release, works in exhibition, press, books, posters, and. Born in rotterdam, he moved to new york when twentytwo. Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our community. In addition, the book will contain original poems by cole swenson and diane walt, as well as a chronology contextualizing the two painters in the rich goingson in china, paris, and america at the time, constructed by melissa walt. Very thin 4to, paper wrappers wrappers slightly rubbed and very slight creasing on spine. Paintings on the theme of the woman sidney janis gallery, new york, new york, 3161953 to 4111953, no catalogue. The museum of modern arts exhibition history from our.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Though he had arrived in new york as a 22yearold stowaway in 1926, by 1951, as author judith zilczer writes in her book, a way of living. Catalog of an exhibition held at the museum of modern art, new york, mar. Provides a pictorial record of the abstract expressionists approach to art. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. In a new format, the bestselling monograph on one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century. In this untitled 1976 work, he lashes a page from the new york times with oil paint, forming a smeared face that emerges from abstract surroundings of vigorous brushstrokes and unpainted sections of newspaper.
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