Franz Kline
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If you look at the history of abstraction in America, certainly the headlines are given to [Jackson] Pollock and Franz Kline and [Willem] de Kooning and all of the stars of that period who are now ensconced in the pantheon of American art history ... And it's long been thought that no one else could ever crack into that elite rank because, of course, everyone has been discovered and art historians already know everything. The really fun thing about this is here is the dean of American art historians who is just simply astonished -- and I was, too. That's what makes this such an extraordinary story.More quotes »
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Cy Twombly Birthday: The Cryptic Painter Was Born 85 Years Ago Today (PHOTOS)
he met Robert Rauschenberg, and soon made his way to Black Mountain College where he encountered more famous names like Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell. His heavy dose of American arts education was followed by years of traveling Europe; in Rome, he absorbed from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Claes Oldenburg Gives Context to His MoMA Show
he was exposed to this street-smart energy at just the right time, when the showy abstractions of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline felt old hat, but no one knew what was next. “It was a moment waiting to happen,” he said, listing all the artists ready to burst from The New York Times Read more »
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Los Angeles Museums Weigh Merger
holdings are a collection of early abstract expressionist and pop art masters known as the Panza collection, including Franz Kline and Claes Oldenburg. It is also the home of high-profile contemporary Los Angeles-based artists such as John Baldessari, Chris from Wall Street Journal Read more »
