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1918 New York City - 2004 Hartford, Connecticut. Known for: Abstract expression, landscape and still life painting.
Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936). Gray created a variety of works with fields of color... Read full biography
Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936). Gray created a variety of works with fields of color made by pouring, staining, and sponging to which he added gestural marks. He painted a series of 14... Read full biography
Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936). Gray created a variety of works with fields of color made by pouring, staining, and sponging to which he added gestural marks. He painted a series of 14 paintings entitled, Threnody in response to the Vietnam War. The series was commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Purchase, New York. While Cleve Gray served in the Army he studied with French artists... Read full biography
Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936). Gray created a variety of works with fields of color made by pouring, staining, and sponging to which he added gestural marks. He painted a series of 14 paintings entitled, Threnody in response to the Vietnam War. The series was commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Purchase, New York. While Cleve Gray served in the Army he studied with French artists Andre Lhote and Jacques Villon after the liberation of Paris. Cleve Gray married the writer Francine du Plessix in 1957. He was a contributing editor to Art in America in the 1960s, and he edited volumes of writings by David Smith, John Marin and... Read full biography
Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936). Gray created a variety of works with fields of color made by pouring, staining, and sponging to which he added gestural marks. He painted a series of 14 paintings entitled, Threnody in response to the Vietnam War. The series was commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Purchase, New York. While Cleve Gray served in the Army he studied with French artists Andre Lhote and Jacques Villon after the liberation of Paris. Cleve Gray married the writer Francine du Plessix in 1957. He was a contributing editor to Art in America in the 1960s, and he edited volumes of writings by David Smith, John Marin and Hans Richter. Source: . Editors, "Art World", Art in America, February 2005... Read full biography
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Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Teacher
- •Andre Lhote
- •Antonia Nell
- •Bartlett Hayes
- •George Bellows
- •George Rowley
- •Jacques Villon
- •James C. Davis
Art School
- •American Academy, Rome, Student
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Ford Foundation Grant
- •Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal, National Academy
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts