..no true artist ends with the style that he expected to have when he began,. ..it is only by giving oneself up completely to the painting medium tha… - Robert Motherwell
" "..no true artist ends with the style that he expected to have when he began,. ..it is only by giving oneself up completely to the painting medium that one finds oneself and one's own style.
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About Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an U.S. abstract expressionist painter. He was one of the youngest artists of the 'New York School' (a phrase he coined), which also included a.o. Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Phillip Guston. Motherwell initiated many art debates and publications in this art-scene.
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Robert Burns Motherwell
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Robert Burns Motherwell III
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