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Born September 17, 1926 • Wimbledon • England
Died January 2, 1990 (aged 63) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “The Arts and the Mass Media”
Subjects Of Study Abstract Expressionism • Pop art
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Donald Kuspit
American art critic and historian
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Clement Greenberg
American critic
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
American artist
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Harold Rosenberg
American art critic
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Ad Reinhardt
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
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Ernest F. Fenollosa
American orientalist and art critic
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Jasper Johns
American painter
Motherwell, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1959
Robert Motherwell
American artist
Larry Rivers, photograph by Hans Namuth, 1965
Larry Rivers
American painter
Hartmann, Sadakichi
Sadakichi Hartmann
American art critic
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Rosalind Krauss
American art critic and historian
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
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Erwin Panofsky
German-American art historian
Berenson, photograph by David Seymour
Bernard Berenson
American art critic
Huneker, James Gibbons
James Gibbons Huneker
American art critic and writer
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Philostratus the Younger
Greek author
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
English writer and artist
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian