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In 1955, the debates around whether painting could be truly modern if objects or figures appeared were intense. Frank O’Hara published an essay called “Nature and New Painting,” including work by Jane Frelicher, Larry Rivers, Elaine de Kooning and Grace Hartigan to illustrate his point.
Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922 – November 15, 2008) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s.
Aug 8, 2021 · Grace Hartigan (1922–2008) Study for Montauk Highway II signed twice and dated ‘Hartigan ‘57 G.H.’ (lower right) oil, paper collage and printed paper collage on paper 22 ½ x 28 ½ in. (57.1 x 72.4 cm.) Executed in 1957.
1 of 5. Summary of Grace Hartigan. Grace Hartigan, a second-generation Abstract Expressionist linked historically to artists of the first, such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who forged a new form of painting based on bold gesture and experimental brushwork.
Aug 4, 2021 · Grace Hartigan's, "Study for Montauk Highway II," from 1957. © 2021 Christie’s Images Ltd. Cailin Riley on Aug 4, 2021
In this painting inspired by the Shinnecock Canal, which runs through the South Fork of Long Island, Hartigan transforms landscape into a dynamic interplay of colliding colors and forceful gestures.
View Grace Hartigan’s 263 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist.
