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Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still 1904-80, American painter, b. Grandin, N.Dak. Still was a pioneer in the use of the mural-sized canvas. He painted vast, thick curtains of intense color, jaggedly torn to reveal other equally intense color areas. His work combines the gesture of abstract expressionism with a relian... Read more
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn 1922-93, American painter, b. Portland, Oreg. Raised in California, he studied and taught during the 1940s at the California School of Fine Arts, where his approach to color and composition was influenced by the abstract painters Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko . He turned away... Read more
abstract expressionism
abstract expressionism movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. It was the first important school in American painting to declare it... Read more

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Clyfford Still
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Clyfford Still Clyfford Still (1904-1980) was one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism...life he chose isolation from other styles and most other artists. Clyfford Still was born in 1904 in Grandin, North Dakota. During his childhood...
Richard Diebenkorn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...who became his teacher and good friend; Elmer Bischoff; Clyfford Still; and Mark Rothko. Stimulated by these contacts as well...were covered by a thick textured brushstroke in the manner of Clyfford Still. In 1948 Diebenkorn had his first one man show at the...
Abstract Expressionism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1940s through the 1950s, the style simultaneously erupted in the San Francisco Bay area in the paintings and sculptures of Clyfford Still (1904–1980), Richard Diebenkorn (1922–), and Manuel Neri (1930–), and was...
abstract expressionism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...included Hans Hofmann , Robert Motherwell , and Mark Rothko ; among other major abstract expressionists were such painters as Clyfford Still , Theodoros Stamos , Adolph Gottlieb , Helen Frankenthaler , Lee Krasner , and Esteban Vicente. Abstract expressionism...

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Still, Clyfford
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Still, Clyfford (1904–80). American painter, one of the major figures of Abstract Expressionism but the one least associated with...
Diebenkorn, Richard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...San Francisco, where he studied briefly and then taught from 1947 to 1950. His fellow teachers included Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still , and under their influence he abandoned the still-lifes and interiors he had been painting and adopted an Abstract...
Smith, Tony
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...and was closely associated with leading avant-garde figures such as Barnett Newman , Jackson Pollock , Mark Rothko , and Clyfford Still , he did not exhibit sculpture publicly until 1964. From that time he quickly emerged as one of the leading exponents...
New York School
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...Franz Kline , Robert Motherwell , Barnett Newman , Jackson Pollock , Richard Pousette-Dart , Ad Reinhardt , Mark Rothko , Clyfford Still , and Bradley Walker Tomlin . In the foreword to the catalogue Maurice Tuchman wrote: ‘The title of our exhibition...
Guggenheim, Solomon R.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...associate with the European avant-garde. Her support of Pollock and encouragement of Robert Motherwell , Hans Hofmann , Clyfford Still , Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb made her the chief patron of the New York School in its infancy’ (catalogue...
Davis, Ron
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...painter, born in Santa Monica and active mainly in Los Angeles. His early work was influenced by the Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still , but in the mid-1960s he emerged as a leading exponent of Post-Painterly Abstraction, painting Hard-Edged compositions...

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Profile: Artist Clyfford Still's career in painting
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...NPR) 08-15-2001 Profile: Artist Clyfford Still's career in paintingHost: ALEX...One of the pioneers was a man named Clyfford Still. His works are now on view at...too, largely because as an artist, Clyfford Still wanted to control every aspect...
DENVER SELECTS SITE FOR CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...release: Mayor John Hickenlooper and Clyfford Still Museum board chair Christopher Hunt announced Tuesday that the Clyfford Still Museum, the latest in a series...to the location's appeal. "The Clyfford Still Museum will benefit from the...
Art handlers turn a 1949 painting by Clyfford Still after it is unrolled for the first time since the artist's family rolled it. Watching the process are art historian David Anfam, third from right in back, Frederick Schroeder, representing the Clyfford Still museum, and Sandra Still Campbell.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/5/2008; 700+ words ; ...Caption: 1935 oil on canvas. INFOBOX Clyfford Still: a life * 1904: Born Nov. 30...Denver. Dean Sobel named director of Clyfford Still Museum. * 2006: Museum chooses...CAPTION: 1951 oil on canvas PAINTINGS FROM CLYFFORD STILL ESTATE CAPTION: Still and his...
The Clyfford Still Art Collection is Bequeathed to the City of Denver.
PR Newswire; 8/9/2004; 626 words ; ...Works by the Late, Great American Artist Clyfford Still Mayor John Hickenlooper and the...of works by the late American artist Clyfford Still. Most of Still's works have...of works of art by her late husband, Clyfford Still. Also, Mrs. Still noted with...
The Clyfford Still Art Collection is Bequeathed to the City of Denver; Denver will Create Museum to Care for Collection of Over 2,000 Works by the Late, Great American Artist Clyfford Still.
PR Newswire; 8/9/2004; 650 words ; ...of works by the late American artist Clyfford Still. Most of Still's works have...of works of art by her late husband, Clyfford Still. Also, Mrs. Still noted with...thrilled to receive this incredible gift of Clyfford Still's art," said Mayor John Hickenlooper...
First impression Denver finally gets an extended close-up of Clyfford Still's work.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/7/2007; ; 584 words ; ...Denver acquired the estate of painter Clyfford Still in 2004, you've been wondering...Denver dedicated solely to his work? "Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections From the...exhibition from the staggering 2,400-piece Clyfford Still Museum collection a taste of things...
THE SCENIC ROUTE CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM CHIEF'S BUSINESS CAREER LED HIM TO ART.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...The new project director for Denver's Clyfford Still Museum came to the art world in...the late Abstract Expressionist painter Clyfford Still. Negotiations continue with Still...Dean Sobel New project director for the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver * Previous jobs...
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM, CITY TO RECEIVE ARCHIVES, ARTWORK INSTITUTION WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE WORK, LIFE OF NOTED PAINTER.(News)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/7/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News The Clyfford Still Museum and city of Denver will receive the...Untitled (PH-118), 1947, is an oil on canvas by Clyfford Still. The Clyfford Still Museum and city of Denver have been named...
From Clyfford Still, another 'bolt out of the blue'
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/21/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...creator, the Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still, who died in 1980 at 75. Despite...show a single piece alongside his. All Clyfford Still, all the time.Most textbooks...suitors, had chosen Denver as host of a Clyfford Still Museum, largely because of the...
A MILESTONE FOR MODERN ART DENVER WILL RECEIVE RARELY SEEN ABSTRACT WORK OF CLYFFORD STILL.(News)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...years, the chief criticism leveled at Clyfford Still's art was a simple one: It remained...agreement. INFOBOX The art of the abstract Clyfford Still was one of the leading figures...paintings to use darker shades. CAPTION: Clyfford Still PHOTO BY HANS NAMUTH / 1951 CAPTION...