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Also Known As Norman Wilfred Lewis
Born July 23, 1909 • New York City • New York
Died August 27, 1979 (aged 70)
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
American artist
Clement Greenberg
American critic
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
American artist
Grace Hartigan
American painter
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell
American painter
Ethel Schwabacher
American artist
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner
American painter
Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
American artist
Jay DeFeo
American painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker
Jasper Johns
American painter
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
Clyfford Still
American artist
Motherwell, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1959
Robert Motherwell
American artist
Marca-Relli with one of his paintings
Conrad Marca-Relli
American artist
Larry Rivers, photograph by Hans Namuth, 1965
Larry Rivers
American painter
Twombly, Cy
Cy Twombly
American artist
Sam Francis
American artist
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler
American painter

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