His esteemed intellect not only undergirded his gorgeous, expressive paintingsfrequently featuring bold black shapes against fields of colorbut also made motherwell one of the leading writers, theorists, and advocates of the new york. Robert motherwell ulysses portfolio and book, 1988 phillips. Robert motherwell art monographs and museum exhibition. While studying at stanford, he was introduced to modernism and symbolism. Robert motherwell 191591 came to abstraction not through painting, but through philosophy, poetry and art history. He also was a professor at the famous black mountain college and was a mentor to robert rauschenberg and cy twombly. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Scofield published by bernard jacobson gallery in 1975, in the midst of a series of european retrospectives, robert motherwell 191591 hired a young man named john e. A precocious youth, motherwell received a scholarship to study art when he was 11 years old. Robert motherwells most popular book is dialogues with marcel duchamp. Fine arts museums of san francisco, achenbach read more.
Books by robert motherwell author of the dada painters. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price. Scofield to be his first fulltime studio assistant. Discover book depositorys huge selection of robert motherwell books online. Subscribe to e news portrait of an artist in exile. For twenty years i read a book a day, from the time i was seven until i was. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The writings of robert motherwell by robert motherwell, dore. Artist page for robert motherwell 19151991 black mountain college was a highly influential college founded at black mountain, north carolina, usa, in 1933 where teaching was.
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Robert motherwell prints and multiples 125 for sale at 1stdibs. Robert motherwell was born on 24 january 1915, at aberdeen, washington. Later that year he studied painting briefly at the california school of fine arts in san francisco before undertaking graduate work in philosophy at harvard university from 1937 to 1938. Please note that artwork locations are subject to change, and not all works are on view at all times. His family shifted to san francisco, a few years after his birth. The writings of robert motherwell documents of twentiethcentury art hardcover. He died on july 16, 1991 in cape cod, massachusetts, usa. Robert motherwell 19151991 was one of the preeminent abstract.
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In addition, the book includes an essay on motherwells printmaking history, an illustrated chronology, a. We worked hard, created a lot of art and had a lot of fun doing it. Because this book draws together a wide selection of his writing and lectures for many different purposes, you get to see him churn over some of the same ideas and problems in different contexts. Megan luke of usc dornsifes art history department receives the robert motherwell book prize for her book on kurt schwitters, a key figure in dadaism. Robert motherwell by dore ashton, robert buck ebook robert motherwell by dore ashton, robert buck rar robert motherwell by dore ashton, robert buck zip robert motherwell by dore ashton, robert buck read online. He was one of the youngest of the new york school a phrase he coined, which. Mar, 2008 robert motherwell january 24, 1915 july 16, 1991 was an american abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Robert motherwell author of the dada painters and poets.
Buy robert motherwell 86 original artworks for sale. Robert motherwell in provincetown, ma and greenwich, ct. American painter and printmaker robert motherwell was a foundational figure of abstract expressionism, integrating aspects of action painting, color field painting, and european traditions of decorative abstraction into his own work. Robert motherwell was born on january 4, 1915 in aberdeen, washington, usa.
Robert motherwell 19151991 helped forge a new vision of painting that established abstract expressionism at the vanguard of postwar painting and transformed new york into the epicenter of the art world in the second half of the twentiethcentury. As a child, he suffered from asthma and spent most of his school education in california. Motherwell was a lucid writer who used every opportunity to try to explain the emerging and later fading modernist movement to the lay public. Robert motherwell january 24, 1915 july 16, 1991 was an american abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading robert motherwell. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. As the founding editor of the documents of twentiethcentury of art, he decisively. Robert motherwell paintings and collages yale university press. An articulate writer, motherwell was pegged early on. In the introduction to his 2015 book robert motherwell, the making of an american giant, gallery owner bernard jacobson says, motherwell smoked lucky strikes, but in his collage life he smokes gauloises, around whose blue packets he now organises one composition after another, exotic to me precisely because in the normal course of things i dont smoke french cigarettes.
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