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Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly was a U.S. artist born on April 25, 1928. Twombly contributed to the Abstract Expressionist movement and died on July 5, 2011. Get notified when Cy Twombly's biography is complete:

Joan Mitchell

Art as competitive sport

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Willem de Kooning

Violent encounters

1904-1997

Lee Krasner

Insomnia and aggressive painting

1908-1984

1901 2019

How to paint faster than you can think

Alex Katz

Images from an unpolluted mind

Armando Morales

Through mountains and myth

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Kaleidoscopic abstraction

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The joy of pure color

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Cy Twombly

Untitled (Rome, June 1960)

Untitled

Leda and the Swan

Untitled (1967)

Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire that Consumes All before It

Quattro Stagioni: Autunno

Coronation of Sesostris, panel 5