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Born June 27, 1913 • Montreal • Canada
Died June 7, 1980 (aged 66) • Woodstock • New York
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism • Action painting

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Tworkov, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1960
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Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
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Charles Alston
Charles Alston
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Aaron Douglas
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Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton
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Emanuel Leutze
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Ben Shahn, 1966.
Ben Shahn
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Justice of the Pains: The Movement Westward, mural by John Steuart Curry, 1936; in the U.S. Department of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Building), Washington, D.C.
John Steuart Curry
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Cox, Kenyon: U.S. Navy recruitment poster
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