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Feb 23, 2024 · Robert Motherwell’s Catalonia (1951) oil on canvas, Saint Louis Art Museum (Photo by Ben Fulton) Except for childhood asthma no doubt exacerbated by smoking as an adult and a series of rocky marriages, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) led a mostly idyllic life. The child of a wealthy bank president, he grew up on California’s sunny Pacific Coast.
ROBERT MOTHERWELL was born in Aberdeen, WA in 1915. He received a B A from Stanford University in 1937, and later completed post-graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. In 1940 Motherwell studied briefly at Columbia University with the renowned art historian Meyer Schapiro, who encouraged him to pursue painting.
Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941–1991. Vol. 1, Essays and References . New Haven, 2012, pp. 4, 9, 12, 14, 59–60, 124, 142, 173 n. 7, fig. 42 (color), ill. p. 52 (color, detail), relates that the artist placed this picture in a category of his production described as "working in close tonality over an ...
That project has concluded, and works are now being identified by MoMA staff. If you notice an error, please contact us at . Robert Motherwell. Personage, with Yellow Ochre and White. 1947. Oil on canvas. 6' x 54" (182.8 x 137 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kootz. 15.1957. Painting and Sculpture.
Nov 8, 2002 · Robert Motherwell was the youngest and most prolific of the group. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell first hoped to be a philosopher. His studies at Stanford and Harvard brought ...
Sep 12, 2004 · As a major force in American art for nearly fifty years, Motherwell enjoyed international stature as a painter, collagist, and printmaker. Robert Motherwell from the Collection: 1941–1990, drawn exclusively from the Museum's own holdings, will chart the complete range of the artist's career, with works dating from as early as 1941 to 1990 ...
Mar 28, 2024 · spouse Robert Motherwell. Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 27, 2011, Darien, Connecticut) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter whose brilliantly coloured canvases were much admired for their lyric qualities. Her father, Alfred Frankenthaler, was a New York Supreme Court justice.
