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)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | January 5, 2008 | Copyright

Caption: 1935 oil on canvas.

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Clyfford Still: a life

* 1904: Born Nov. 30 in Grandin, N.D.

* 1905: Family moves to Spokane, Wash.

* 1911: Family moves to Bow Island, Alberta, where father John Elmer Still receives a land grant from the Canadian government. Childhood split between U.S. and Canada.

* 1919: Still begins to paint.

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