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Born May 23, 1910 • Wilkes-Barre • Pennsylvania
Died May 13, 1962 (aged 51) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism • Action painting • automatism
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
Tworkov, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1960
Jack Tworkov
American artist
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Bradley Walker Tomlin
American painter
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Ethel Schwabacher
American artist
Philip Guston
Philip Guston
American painter
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Jean-Paul Riopelle
Canadian artist
Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
American artist
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Norman Lewis
American painter
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Clement Greenberg
American critic
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
American artist
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Grace Hartigan
American painter
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner
American painter
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell
American painter
Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
American artist
German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German artist
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Jay DeFeo
American painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker
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Jasper Johns
American painter
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
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Clyfford Still
American artist

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