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Thornton Dial, The ArtistsThe Reservoiri
Portrait of Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial was a U.S. Artist of the African Diaspora born on September 28, 1928. Dial contributed to the Abstract Expressionist movement and died on January 25, 2016.

The Reservoir, Thornton Dial

The Reservoir 1990

Sneakin’ In, Thornton Dial

Sneakin’ In 1992

Outside the Coal Mine, Thornton Dial

Outside the Coal Mine 1994

Trophies (Doll Factory), Thornton Dial

Trophies (Doll Factory) 1999

Don't Matter How Raggly the Flag, It Still Got to Tie Us Together, Thornton Dial

Don't Matter How Raggly the Flag, It Still Got to Tie Us Together 2003

The Beginning Of Life In The Yellow Jungle, Thornton Dial

The Beginning Of Life In The Yellow Jungle 2003

Looking for the Right Spot, Thornton Dial

Looking for the Right Spot 2004

Willem de Kooning, The ArtistsPortrait of Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

Violent encounters

1904 – 1997
Robert Rauschenberg, The ArtistsPortrait of Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg

Blowing up modernism

1925 – 2008
Seund Ja Rhee, The ArtistsPortrait of Seund Ja Rhee

Seund Ja Rhee

Bringing Korean abstraction to Paris

1918 – 2009
19012024

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