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Robert Motherwell, The Artists
Portrait of Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell was a U.S. artist born on January 24, 1915. Motherwell contributed to the Abstract Expressionist and Surrealist movements, worked in Mexico and died on July 16, 1991.

Personage (Autoportrait), Robert Motherwell

Personage (Autoportrait) 1943

Ulysses, Robert Motherwell

Ulysses 1947

Iberia, Robert Motherwell

Iberia 1958

Open No. 122 in Scarlet and Blue, Robert Motherwell

Open No. 122 in Scarlet and Blue 1969

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110, Robert Motherwell

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 1971

Music for J.S. Bach, Robert Motherwell

Music for J.S. Bach 1989

Willem de Kooning, The ArtistsPortrait of Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

Violent encounters

1904 – 1997
Jackson Pollock, The ArtistsPortrait of Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Harder than it looks

1912 – 1956
Robert Rauschenberg, The ArtistsPortrait of Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg

Blowing up modernism

1925 – 2008
Yves Tanguy, The ArtistsPortrait of Yves Tanguy

Yves Tanguy

1900 – 1955
Jean Arp, The ArtistsPortrait of Jean Arp

Jean Arp

1886 – 1966
Toyen, The ArtistsPortrait of Toyen

Toyen

What's in a name?

1902 – 1980
19012000

Faeq Hassan

Zainul Abedin

Robert Motherwell

Claude Clark

Oscar Howe

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