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1885 Altmar, New York - 1965 New York City. Known for: Abstract sea-landscape and nude figure painting.
Known as a colorist focused on serene mood, harmony, and rounded shapes, Milton Avery was primarily a self-taught painter whose work combining abstraction and realism suggests dialogue between line,... Read full biography
Known as a colorist focused on serene mood, harmony, and rounded shapes, Milton Avery was primarily a self-taught painter whose work combining abstraction and realism suggests dialogue between line, shape, muted color, and subdued emotions. Most of his subjects were either marine scenes or figure... Read full biography
Known as a colorist focused on serene mood, harmony, and rounded shapes, Milton Avery was primarily a self-taught painter whose work combining abstraction and realism suggests dialogue between line, shape, muted color, and subdued emotions. Most of his subjects were either marine scenes or figure studies. Although never associated with a particular movement, Avery was a key modernist who influenced succeeding generations of artists including Color Field painters Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb.... Read full biography
Known as a colorist focused on serene mood, harmony, and rounded shapes, Milton Avery was primarily a self-taught painter whose work combining abstraction and realism suggests dialogue between line, shape, muted color, and subdued emotions. Most of his subjects were either marine scenes or figure studies. Although never associated with a particular movement, Avery was a key modernist who influenced succeeding generations of artists including Color Field painters Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb. Born in Altmar, New York, Avery studied art in Hartford at the Connecticut League of Art Students before settling in New York City in 1925. 1944 was a watershed year for Avery, largely because of a new gallery association with Paul Rosenberg in New... Read full biography
Known as a colorist focused on serene mood, harmony, and rounded shapes, Milton Avery was primarily a self-taught painter whose work combining abstraction and realism suggests dialogue between line, shape, muted color, and subdued emotions. Most of his subjects were either marine scenes or figure studies. Although never associated with a particular movement, Avery was a key modernist who influenced succeeding generations of artists including Color Field painters Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb. Born in Altmar, New York, Avery studied art in Hartford at the Connecticut League of Art Students before settling in New York City in 1925. 1944 was a watershed year for Avery, largely because of a new gallery association with Paul Rosenberg in New York. Rosenberg had fled to New York from Europe with both a strong interest and inventory of avant-garde paintings,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Silhouettist
Art Media
- •Assemblage
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Self-Portrait
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Long Island, New York
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Yaddo Resident Artist
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
- •Art Enterprises Collection
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- •John J. McDonough Collection
- •Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Rocky Neck, Gloucester, Cape Ann Massachusetts
- •Silvermine Guild, Art Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Silvermine Artists Guild
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts