Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American artist. He was an important painter in the abstract expressionist movement.

Robert Motherwell
Born (1915-01-24)January 24, 1915
Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.
Died July 16, 1991(1991-07-16) (aged 76)
Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality American
Field Painting, Printmaking
Training Stanford University, Harvard, Columbia University
Movement Abstract expressionism
Ulysses, oil paint on three dementional cardboard and wood construction by Robert Motherwell, 1947, Tate Modern

Motherwell was born in Aberdeen, Washington in 1915. When he was 11 years old, he was given money to study art. In 1932 he studied painting at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. After getting a B. A. from Stanford University in 1937, he began to study philosophy at Harvard University. He studied in Europe for a year. He had his first art show in Paris in 1939.[1]

Back in New York, he was friends with artists William Baziotes, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hofmann, and Jackson Pollock.[1] He was married to the painter Helen Frankenthaler from 1958 until 1971.[2]

Motherwell died in 1991, at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  2. "Robert Motherwell | American artist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.