AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER. ONE OF THE YOUNGEST OF THE NEW YORK SCHOOL WHICH ALSO INCLUDED JACKSON POLLOCK, MARK ROTHKO, WILLEM DE KOONING, AND PHILIP GUSTON. ART DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND ONE YEAR OF PHILOSOPHY AT HARVARD BEFORE SHIFTING FIELDS TO ART AND ART HISTORY, STUDYING UNDER MEYER SCHAPIRO AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. MOTHERWELL'S COLLECTED WRITINGS ARE A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL WINDOW INTO THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WORLD. HE PREFERRED USING THE STARKNESS OF BLACK PAINT AS ONE OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF HIS PAINTINGS. HIS LONG- RUNNING SERIES OF PAINTINGS "ELEGIES FOR THE SPANISH REPUBLIC" ONE OF HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER. ONE OF THE YOUNGEST OF THE NEW YORK SCHOOL WHICH ALSO INCLUDED JACKSON POLLOCK, MARK ROTHKO, WILLEM DE KOONING, AND PHILIP GUSTON. ART DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND ONE YEAR OF PHILOSOPHY AT HARVARD BEFORE SHIFTING FIELDS TO ART AND ART HISTORY, STUDYING UNDER MEYER SCHAPIRO AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. MOTHERWELL'S COLLECTED WRITINGS ARE A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL WINDOW INTO THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WORLD. HE PREFERRED USING THE STARKNESS OF BLACK PAINT AS ONE OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF HIS PAINTINGS. HIS LONG- RUNNING SERIES OF PAINTINGS "ELEGIES FOR THE SPANISH REPUBLIC" ONE OF HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
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