New York, Illinois. 1922 - 2004
Modernist morose figure-genre and portrait painting, collage
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1926 Cleveland, Ohio - 2009 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Female symbolism, modernist caligraphy, collage.
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a political bent. She worked on paper rather than canvas as a symbol of rebelling against th... Read full biography
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New York, New Mexico. Born 1941
Minimal non ob, installation
Netherlands. 1924 - 1994
Frescoes, murals, drawings, prints, poetry
California. Born 1958
Mod-pop whimsy, non ob, sculptor
New York / Italy. 1909 - 2008
Abstract expressionist and surreal painting
New York / Germany, England. Born 1949
Sculptor-mod ceramic, graphics
Greece, Italy. 1936 - 2017
Found object assemblage, installations, arte povera
New York / Germany. Born 1954
Abstract body parts sculpture-feminist issues
New York, Michigan. 1927 - 1995
Collage, mail art, assemblage
Germany. 1930 - 2025
Painting, assemblage, sculpture
New York / France. 1911 - 2010
Grouped wood shape sculpture, installation
New York. 1906 - 1975
Non-objective painting, geometric-op images
New York, Oklahoma. 1906 - 1996
Abstract, geometric-op painting, sculpture
New York, New Mexico / Greece, India. Born 1941
Sculpture-knot shaped 'environments', fountains, graphics
New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Indiana. 1907 - 2002
Stainless steel kinetic sculpture, some drawing
New York. 1903 - 1972
Assemblage-boxes, collage
New York, California. Born 1957
Post-surreal, grotesque figure and portrait painting
New York. Born 1948
Nude genre-mod figure, graphics
New York, Illinois. 1940 - 2007
Biomorphic imagery, abstract humor, collage, graphics
New York, California / Japan. Born 1962
Installation sculpture, images of commercial merchandise, female dolls, watches
Connecticut, New York / Russian Federation, Italy. 1898 - 1957
Abstract figure, portrait, fantasy
New York, California / Japan. 1904 - 1988
Abstract sculpture, mod mediums
Germany. Born 1954
Conceptual sculpture, installation, drawing, photographs
New York, South Dakota. 1922 - 1990
Abstract minimal-color field
New York, Massachusetts / Spain. 1902 - 1971
Right angle geometric and modernist figure painting
New York, Illinois, Ohio / India. 1907 - 2007
Assemblage, fiber art, collage, woven sculpture
Michigan, California, Pennsylvania / Italy. 1915 - 1978
Sculpture-kinetic, abstract monoprint, painting, design
France, Hungary. 1906 - 1997
Op art painting, geometric images
California, New York / Italy. Born 1960
Post modernist surreal paintings, album covers, musician
New York, Connecticut. 1956 - 2022
Modern figure painting; cartoonish collages
New York, Massachusetts. 1911 - 2012
Printmaking, stylized portraits, female figures
New Jersey. 1924 - 2000
Sculptor-plaster figure