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1928 Lexington, Virginia - 2011 Rome, Italy. Known for: Improvisational line drawing, minimalism.
Following is the obituary of the artist by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 5, 2011. Cy Twombly, whose spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 5, 2011. Cy Twombly, whose spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of postwar American art even as he became one of the era's most important... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 5, 2011. Cy Twombly, whose spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of postwar American art even as he became one of the era's most important painters, died on Tuesday in Rome. He was 83. His death was announced by the Gagosian Gallery, which represents his work. Mr. Twombly had battled cancer for several years. In a career that slyly... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 5, 2011. Cy Twombly, whose spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of postwar American art even as he became one of the era's most important painters, died on Tuesday in Rome. He was 83. His death was announced by the Gagosian Gallery, which represents his work. Mr. Twombly had battled cancer for several years. In a career that slyly subverted Abstract Expressionism, toyed briefly with Minimalism, seemed barely to acknowledge Pop art and anticipated some of the concerns of Conceptualism, Mr. Twombly was a divisive artist almost from the start. The curator Kirk Varnedoe, on the... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 5, 2011. Cy Twombly, whose spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of postwar American art even as he became one of the era's most important painters, died on Tuesday in Rome. He was 83. His death was announced by the Gagosian Gallery, which represents his work. Mr. Twombly had battled cancer for several years. In a career that slyly subverted Abstract Expressionism, toyed briefly with Minimalism, seemed barely to acknowledge Pop art and anticipated some of the concerns of Conceptualism, Mr. Twombly was a divisive artist almost from the start. The curator Kirk Varnedoe, on the occasion of a 1994 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, wrote that his work was "influential among artists, discomfitin... Read full biography
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Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •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
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Gestural/ Action /Drip/Poured Painting
- •Minimalism, Minimalist
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Greece
- •Italy
Art Teacher
- •Ben Shahn
- •Franz Kline
- •Robert Motherwell
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Student
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Dia Art Foundation Support
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Kootz Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art