The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 160 - 161 Flashcards
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Willem De Kooning
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- 1904-97
- Old Master of Abstract Expressionism
- worked in realistic style until 1948, when he developed his mature style of slashing brushstrokes
2
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Franz Kline
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- 1910-62
- converted to abstraction after viewing his normal-sized sketches blown up on a wall with a slide projector
3
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Hans Hofmann
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- 1880-1966
- early advocate of freely splashed pigment
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Clyfford Still
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- 1904-80
- pioneer of nearly monochromatic painting
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Robert Motherwell
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- 1915-91
- took up abstract painting inspired by European Modernism
