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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

Cy Twombly, The ArtistsPortrait of Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

The power of the scribble

1928 – 2011
Adolph Gottlieb, The ArtistsPortrait of Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb

Different times require different images

1903 – 1974
Stanley William Hayter, The ArtistsPortrait of Stanley William Hayter

Stanley William Hayter

1901 – 1988
Kay Sage, The ArtistsPortrait of Kay Sage

Kay Sage

"I have built an ivory tower of despair"

1898 – 1963
Remedios Varo, The ArtistsPortrait of Remedios Varo

Remedios Varo

The unconscious mind and a horsehair brush

1908 – 1963
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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