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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
Alma Thomas, The ArtistsPortrait of Alma Thomas

Alma Thomas

Tackling abstraction at 75

1891 – 1978
André Breton, The ArtistsPortrait of André Breton

André Breton

A psychiatrist releases his mind and invents Surrealism

1896 – 1966
Leonora Carrington, The ArtistsPortrait of Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington

"I'm not anyone's muse"

1917 – 2011
Leonor Fini, The ArtistsPortrait of Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

The brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism

1907 – 1996
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Faeq Hassan

Zainul Abedin

Robert Motherwell

Claude Clark

Oscar Howe

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