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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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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •New York School/Abstract Expressionism
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •California School of Fine Arts, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Yaddo Resident Artist
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Richard Weisman Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim, New York City
- •Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City
- •Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art