George McNeil. (aged artist) (Interviews) (Interview) From: Art Journal | Date: March 22, 1994| Author: Berlind, Robert | COPYRIGHT 1994 College Art Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The works of George McNeil are often figurative, rather than 'Abstract Expressionist' as perceived by many. McNeil belongs to that breed of senior artists whose work is admired by younger ones. He professes to feeling no kinship with the expressionism of younger painters, however. Liveliness is a trademark of his paintings, so much so that people are surprised to see that he is well beyond middle age.

George McNeil was born in New York in 1908. Of the same generation as the Abstract ...