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Clement Greenberg (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n b ɜːr ɡ /) (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formalist aesthetician.
Nov 14, 2012 · Clement Greenberg was arguably the most influential American art critic of the second half of the twentieth century. Greenberg explained his concept of formalism--arguably what he is most famous for apart from being the primary champion of Jackson Pollock--in his 1960 essay “Modernist Painting.”
Jun 27, 2020 · Clement Greenberg was the outspoken voice of 20th century American Abstract Art, supporting the Abstract Expressionists and The Colour Field Painters. His ideas now define the iconic Modernist era. Jun 27, 2020 • By Rosie Lesso, MA Contemporary Art Theory, BA Fine Art. Newfoundland by Helen Frankenthaler, 1975, Private Collection.
Mar 14, 2022 · Clement Greenberg (1904-1994) was the leading art critic of modernist America, and his radical ideas continue to exert an influence today. He is recognized today as a champion for modernist abstraction. His name is tied with various movements that he helped shape, most notably Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting.
May 21, 2018 · ( b. 16 January 1909 in the Bronx, New York; d. 7 May 1994 in New York City), art critic whose influential but often controversial essays on contemporary culture introduced the work of the painter Jackson Pollock and established abstract expressionism as the dominant movement in mid-twentieth-century American art.
May 8, 1994 · Clement Greenberg, the art critic who propelled the career of Jackson Pollock and helped to establish Abstract Expressionism as a major artistic movement, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital....
Clement Greenberg, (born Jan. 16, 1909, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died May 7, 1994, New York City), U.S. art critic.
