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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

Jackson Pollock, The ArtistsPortrait of Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Harder than it looks

1912 – 1956
Cy Twombly, The ArtistsPortrait of Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

The power of the scribble

1928 – 2011
Bernice Bing, The ArtistsPortrait of Bernice Bing

Bernice Bing

The patient negotiation of mystery

1936 – 1998
Joan Miró, The ArtistsPortrait of Joan Miró

Joan Miró

1893 – 1983
Claude Cahun, The ArtistsPortrait of Claude Cahun

Claude Cahun

“Under this mask, another mask”

1894 – 1954
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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