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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

Franz Kline, The ArtistsPortrait of Franz Kline

Franz Kline

1910 – 1962
Hans Hofmann, The ArtistsPortrait of Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

The sublime takes decades

1880 – 1966
Alma Thomas, The ArtistsPortrait of Alma Thomas

Alma Thomas

Tackling abstraction at 75

1891 – 1978
Stanley William Hayter, The ArtistsPortrait of Stanley William Hayter

Stanley William Hayter

1901 – 1988
Jean Arp, The ArtistsPortrait of Jean Arp

Jean Arp

1886 – 1966
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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