I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting. What h… - William Baziotes

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I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting. What happens on the canvas is unpredictable and surprising to me.

William Baziotes

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William Baziotes (June 11, 1912 – June 6, 1963) was an American painter influenced by Surrealism and was a contributor to Abstract Expressionism. He participated in discussions and exhibitions of the New York School. In the early 1940's Baziotes was close friends of Jackson Pollock, Roberto Matta and Robert Motherwell; with Pollock he painted some paintings together.

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Alternative Names: William A. Baziotes

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In the beginning I drew and painted from nature in order to know her. Then later, only to fall under her spell. And today, to let her mirror my thoughts and feelings.

The emphasis on flora, fauna, and beings makes the exhibit a most intriguing and artistic one for it brings forth those strange memories and psychic feelings that mystify and fascinate all of us. [his remark in 1957]

As for the subject matter in my painting...it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me.

I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting. What happens on the canvas is unpredictable and surprising to me. - William Baziotes

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