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Gillian Ayres: The Abstract Painter of Vibrant Canvases
by Neha VashisthaGillian Ayres is celebrated as one of the most significant abstract painters to emerge in London during the postwar period.
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Barnett Newman: The Abstract Expressionist of Mythical Sublimity
by Neha VashisthaThe American artist, Barnett Newman, is celebrated as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the most intellectual artists of the New York School.
Acclaimed as one of the foremost of the color field painters, Newman was born on January 29, 1905, in New York City, to Jewish parents who had immigrated to New York from Russian Poland. -
James Brooks: The Lyrical Painter of Abstract Expressionism
by Neha VashisthaJames Brooks is celebrated for his murals, abstract paintings, and unique staining technique, developed by experimenting with mixtures of commercial enamels and oils.
One of the most technically accomplished members of the New York School, Brooks was born on October 18, 1906, in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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JEAN TINGUELY: THE PIONEER OF KINETIC SCULPTURE
by Neha VashisthaExploring Abstract Expressionism through mechanize motion and challenging the concept of a static experience of viewing art, the Swiss sculptor and experimental artist, Jean Tinguely, is best-known for his sculptural mechanics or kinetic art, in Dada tradition, satirizing the improvements of the industrial revolution and modern reliance on technology.
A prominent member of Europe's Nouveau Réalisme movement, Tinguely was born on May 22, 1925, in Fribourg.
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CY TWOMBLY: THE PAINTER OF CHILDLIKE DOODLING
by Neha VashisthaDepicting the high culture of the past in a radical language of highly colored stains and energetic brushwork to forge a distinctive body of work, the American artist, Cy Twombly, is best known for combining the history of Western civilization as well as the process oriented aspects of Abstract Expressionism.
Famous for his childlike doodling unsophisticated graffiti, blackboard chalk drawings and bathroom tagging, Twombly was born Edwin Parker Twombly Jr. on April 25, 1928, in Lexington, Virginia.
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ARSHILE GORKY: THE FATHER OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
by Neha VashisthaSynthesizing Surrealism and the sensuous color and painterliness of the School of Paris with his own highly personal abstract vocabulary, the Armenian-American painter, Arshile Gorky, is celebrated as the last of the great Surrealist painters and one of the first Abstract Expressionists.
Famous for creating beauty out of personal tragedy, Gorky was born Vosdanig Adoian, on April 15, 1904, in the village of Khorkom, near lake Van, in an Armenian province on the eastern border of Ottoman Turkey.
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HANS HOFMANN: THE ABSTRACT PAINTER OF VIVID EXPRESSIONISM
by Neha VashisthaBlending Cubist structure with Fauvist color, Expressionist energy, and touches of Surrealism to evoke psychological and spatial relationship, the German-born American painter, Hans Hofmann is famous for his fusion style that paved the way for abstract expressionism.
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Gillian Ayres: The Abstract Painter of Vibrant Canvases
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Barnett Newman: The Abstract Expressionist of Mythical Sublimity
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James Brooks: The Lyrical Painter of Abstract Expressionism
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JEAN TINGUELY: THE PIONEER OF KINETIC SCULPTURE
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CY TWOMBLY: THE PAINTER OF CHILDLIKE DOODLING
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ARSHILE GORKY: THE FATHER OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
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HANS HOFMANN: THE ABSTRACT PAINTER OF VIVID EXPRESSIONISM