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Robert motherwell january 24, 1915 july 16, 1991 was an american painter, printmaker, and editor. You dont have to paint a figure in order to express human feelings. Choose your favorite robert motherwell designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. Although unknown to motherwell at the time aberdeen already had their own crew. A precocious youth, motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. Robert motherwell has 30 books on goodreads with 2822 ratings. Highly acclaimed as one of the leading abstract expressionist artists of his time, robert motherwell created through the disciplines of printmaking and painting his expressive paintings are immediately recognisable, often featuring bold black shapes against a background. Legends of abstract expressionism opens saturday at the nelsonatkins museum of art in kansas city. Motherwells visit to civil wartorn spain when he was 21, made such a lasting impression, that he devoted more than 200 paintings to the theme. Robert motherwell was born in aberdeen, washington in 1915, and was raised in san francisco, where his father was president of the wells fargo bank. Shop for robert motherwell art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. He also became the editor of the documents of modern art book series and contributed regularly to the literature surrounding developments in modern art.
Between 1932 and 1937, motherwell briefly studied painting at california school of fine arts, san francisco and received a ba in philosophy from stanford university. Elegy study, 1980 acrylic and conte crayon on canvas mounted on masonite 24 x 36 inches. Robert motherwell 1915 1991 united states is an artist born in 1915 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a drawingwatercolor sold in 1984, at sothebys, and the most recent auction result is a printmultiple sold in 2020. Robert motherwell january 24, 1915 july 16, 1991 was an american abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor.
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