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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

Hans Hofmann, The ArtistsPortrait of Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

The sublime takes decades

1880 – 1966
Ibrahim Hussein, The ArtistsPortrait of Ibrahim Hussein

Ibrahim Hussein

Inventing ‘Printage’

1936 – 2009
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, The ArtistsPortrait of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

1908 – 1992
Pablo Picasso, The Artists

Pablo Picasso

The man who ate the world's art

1881 – 1973
Wifredo Lam, The ArtistsPortrait of Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Lam

Hallucinating figures

1902 – 1982
Toyen, The ArtistsPortrait of Toyen

Toyen

1902 – 1980
19012000

Faeq Hassan

Zainul Abedin

Robert Motherwell

Claude Clark

Oscar Howe

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