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1915 Aberdeen, Washington - 1991 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, collage.
American painter, Robert Motherwell, was one of the founders and principal exponents of Abstract Expressionism*, who was among the first American artists to cultivate accidental elements in his work.... Read full biography
American painter, Robert Motherwell, was one of the founders and principal exponents of Abstract Expressionism*, who was among the first American artists to cultivate accidental elements in his work. A precocious youth, Motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. He... Read full biography
American painter, Robert Motherwell, was one of the founders and principal exponents of Abstract Expressionism*, who was among the first American artists to cultivate accidental elements in his work. A precocious youth, Motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. He preferred academic studies, however, and eventually took degrees in aesthetics from Stanford and Harvard universities. Motherwell decided to become a serious artist only in 1941. Although he was... Read full biography
American painter, Robert Motherwell, was one of the founders and principal exponents of Abstract Expressionism*, who was among the first American artists to cultivate accidental elements in his work. A precocious youth, Motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. He preferred academic studies, however, and eventually took degrees in aesthetics from Stanford and Harvard universities. Motherwell decided to become a serious artist only in 1941. Although he was especially influenced by the Surrealist* artists; Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and André Masson; he remained largely self-taught. His early work followed no single style, but already contained motifs from which much of his later art grew. He received his first... Read full biography
American painter, Robert Motherwell, was one of the founders and principal exponents of Abstract Expressionism*, who was among the first American artists to cultivate accidental elements in his work. A precocious youth, Motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. He preferred academic studies, however, and eventually took degrees in aesthetics from Stanford and Harvard universities. Motherwell decided to become a serious artist only in 1941. Although he was especially influenced by the Surrealist* artists; Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and André Masson; he remained largely self-taught. His early work followed no single style, but already contained motifs from which much of his later art grew. He received his first one-man show in 1944 at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery* in New York City. In the m... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Automatism, Automatic Writing, Drawing
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aquatint
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Magic Marker, Sharpie, Felt-Tip Pen
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plastics
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Gestural/ Action /Drip/Poured Painting
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •New York School/Abstract Expressionism
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Stanley William Hayter
Art School
- •Atelier 17, Stanley Hayter Workshop, Student
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
- •Art Enterprises Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (1)
- •Hallmark Cards, Inc.
- •Karen and Robert Duncan Collection, Lincoln NE
- •Richard Weisman Collection
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim, New York City
- •Kootz Gallery, New York City
- •Stable Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts