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Born February 2, 1906 • New York City • New York
Died July 11, 1978 (aged 72) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study Abstract Expressionism • modern art • visual arts

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American artist
Lawrence Alloway
American curator and art critic
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Sadakichi Hartmann
American art critic
Ad Reinhardt
American artist
Huneker, James Gibbons
James Gibbons Huneker
American art critic and writer
Enwezor, Okwui
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-born art curator
Robert Hughes
Australian art critic and television personality
Amédée Ozenfant
French painter
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Clement Greenberg
American critic
Ernest F. Fenollosa
American orientalist and art critic
Motherwell, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1959
Robert Motherwell
American artist
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
Erwin Panofsky
German-American art historian
Berenson, photograph by David Seymour
Bernard Berenson
American art critic
Philostratus the Younger
Greek author
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
English writer and artist
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist