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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
Helen Frankenthaler, The ArtistsPortrait of Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

The joy of pure color

1928 – 2011
Hans Hofmann, The ArtistsPortrait of Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

The sublime takes decades

1880 – 1966
Yves Tanguy, The ArtistsPortrait of Yves Tanguy

Yves Tanguy

1900 – 1955
Kay Sage, The ArtistsPortrait of Kay Sage

Kay Sage

"I have built an ivory tower of despair"

1898 – 1963
Bodo, The ArtistsPortrait of Bodo

Bodo

Many souls to save

1953 – 2015
19012000

Faeq Hassan

Zainul Abedin

Robert Motherwell

Claude Clark

Oscar Howe

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