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American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)

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Cy Twombly (April 25, 1928 - July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer, creating abstract art. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns; Twombly made the specific choice to live in Europe, Italy - after 1957.

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Pen Names: Twombly, Edwin Parker

Birth Name: Edwin Parker

Alternative Names: Edwin Parker Twombly • Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly, Jr. • Edwin Parker, Jr. Twombly • Edwin Parker Twobly • Edwin Parker Twombly Jnr

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I'm drawn to the primitive, the ritual and fetish elements.

To paint involves a certain crisis, or at least a crucial moment of sensation or release.By crisis by no means limited to a morbid state, but could just as easily be an ecstatic impulse.