Motherwell, Robert

American Abstract Expressionist painter best known as one of the founding members of the "New York School". The group included some of the most influencial and innovative artists of the mid-twentieth century, including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Philip Guston.

Like his colleagues, Motherwell devolped a distinctive style within the movement. He preferred using the starkness of black acrylic paint as one of the basic elements of his paintings. One of his more well-known techniques involved diluting his paint with turpentine to create a shadow effect.

Motherwell studied at Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia and as a result became an articulate spokesperson for the emerging expressionist movement. A lucid and engaging writer, his essays provide an enlightening window into the art form.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

2004   Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich, V.I.P. 2 - Die Neuen 2004   Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA in Berlin 2004   Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Robert Motherwell and Frank Stella: Prints from the Permanent Collection 2004   2003 Warsaw, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Schloss Ujazdowski, Von Picasso bis Warhol 2004   Munich, Trökes Galerie Dube-Heynig, Fruhtrunk, Motherwell, Sonderborg, Hartung, Vedova 1983 Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1959, 1964 2004   Kassel, Documenta 2, 3 1944 New York, Art of This Century 2003   Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich (solo) 2003   Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Robert Motherwell (solo) 2001   Munich, Galerie Bernd Klüser (solo)

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