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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

Joan Mitchell, The ArtistsPortrait of Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell

Art as competitive sport

1925 – 1992
Lee Krasner, The ArtistsPortrait of Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner

Insomnia and aggressive painting

1908 – 1984
Thornton Dial, The ArtistsPortrait of Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial

1928 – 2016
Man Ray, The ArtistsPortrait of Man Ray

Man Ray

Humor, sex, and a new camera

1890 – 1976
Frida Kahlo, The ArtistsPortrait of Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

The exquisite agony of self-portraits

1907 – 1954
Dora Maar, The ArtistsPortrait of Dora Maar

Dora Maar

Fearsome interiors

1907 – 1997
19012000

Faeq Hassan

Zainul Abedin

Robert Motherwell

Claude Clark

Oscar Howe

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