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1904 Grandin, North Dakota - 1980 New Windsor, Maryland. Known for: Abstract expressionist and modernist figure painting.
The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:. "Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh . The abstract expressionist painter... Read full biography
The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:. "Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh . The abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still had few friends in the art world, but the late critic Katharine Kuh was one of them. This... Read full biography
The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:. "Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh . The abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still had few friends in the art world, but the late critic Katharine Kuh was one of them. This essay was adapted from a book of reminiscences Kuh was working on at her death in 1994. Clyfford Still was an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury. He was far from easy to get along... Read full biography
The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:. "Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh . The abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still had few friends in the art world, but the late critic Katharine Kuh was one of them. This essay was adapted from a book of reminiscences Kuh was working on at her death in 1994. Clyfford Still was an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury. He was far from easy to get along with. Most dealers, museum personnel and colleagues eventually bowed out or more likely were booted out by him. He chose to isolate himself from an art world he despised, yet he and I remained friends without a break in our long association. No doubt... Read full biography
The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:. "Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh . The abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still had few friends in the art world, but the late critic Katharine Kuh was one of them. This essay was adapted from a book of reminiscences Kuh was working on at her death in 1994. Clyfford Still was an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury. He was far from easy to get along with. Most dealers, museum personnel and colleagues eventually bowed out or more likely were booted out by him. He chose to isolate himself from an art world he despised, yet he and I remained friends without a break in our long association. No doubt my unbounded admiration for his paintings was largely responsible for such staying power. At times I found Still's... Read full biography
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The following information was published in the Washington Post, June 15, 2001:
"Cantankerous Clyfford Still's Palette of Green and Black", by Katharine Kuh
The abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still had few friends in the art world, but the late critic Katharine Kuh was one of them. This essay was adapted from a book of reminiscences Kuh was working on at her death in 1994.
Clyfford Still was an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury. He was far from easy to get along with. Most dealers, museum personnel and colleagues eventually bowed out or more likely were booted out by him. He chose to isolate himself from an art world he despised, yet he and I remained friends without a break in our...But wait, there's more...
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