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1913 Boston, Massachusetts - 2000 Parma, Italy. Known for: Canvas collage, surreal cityscape.
Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:. "Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87". August 31, 2000. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN. Conrad Marca-Relli,... Read full biography
Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:. "Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87". August 31, 2000. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN. Conrad Marca-Relli, an American artist linked to Abstract Expressionism and known for making large patchwork collages... Read full biography
Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:. "Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87". August 31, 2000. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN. Conrad Marca-Relli, an American artist linked to Abstract Expressionism and known for making large patchwork collages of cut pieces of canvas, died Tuesday at his home in Parma, Italy. He was 87. In 1967, when the Whitney Museum of American Art organized a retrospective of Mr. Marca-Relli's work, the show's curator,... Read full biography
Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:. "Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87". August 31, 2000. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN. Conrad Marca-Relli, an American artist linked to Abstract Expressionism and known for making large patchwork collages of cut pieces of canvas, died Tuesday at his home in Parma, Italy. He was 87. In 1967, when the Whitney Museum of American Art organized a retrospective of Mr. Marca-Relli's work, the show's curator, William Agee, said, "Marca-Relli's achievement has been to raise collage to a scale and complexity equal to that of monumental painting." . John Canaday, reviewing the show in The New York Times, described the artist's "success in bringing restlessly... Read full biography
Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:. "Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87". August 31, 2000. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN. Conrad Marca-Relli, an American artist linked to Abstract Expressionism and known for making large patchwork collages of cut pieces of canvas, died Tuesday at his home in Parma, Italy. He was 87. In 1967, when the Whitney Museum of American Art organized a retrospective of Mr. Marca-Relli's work, the show's curator, William Agee, said, "Marca-Relli's achievement has been to raise collage to a scale and complexity equal to that of monumental painting." . John Canaday, reviewing the show in The New York Times, described the artist's "success in bringing restlessly energetic forms into static position without deadening them, his strong echoes of classical architect... Read full biography
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Following is a copy of the obituary of Conrad Marca-Relli from The New York Times:
"Conrad Marca-Relli, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 87"
August 31, 2000
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Conrad Marca-Relli, an American artist linked to Abstract Expressionism and known for making large patchwork collages of cut pieces of canvas, died Tuesday at his home in Parma, Italy. He was 87.
In 1967, when the Whitney Museum of American Art organized a retrospective of Mr. Marca-Relli's work, the show's curator, William Agee, said, "Marca-Relli's achievement has been to raise collage to a scale and complexity equal to that of monumental painting."
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