Mary Abbott Art
American, 1921-2019
Mary Abbott, who passed away in 2019, was one of the last living artists present for the birth of — and who participated in — the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City in the late 1940s.
A descendant of John and John Quincy Adams, Abbott's father, Naval Commander Henry Abbott, served in Roosevelt’s war cabinet. Her mother, Elizabeth Grinnell, was a poet and syndicated columnist and her aunt, Mary Ogden Abbott, was a well-known sculptor and big game hunter. Abbot’s childhood was spent between New York; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Concord, MA; and Southampton, NY.
As a child Abbott aspired to be a herpetologist and an artist. She took classes in D.C. with Eugene Weiss at the Corcoran School and later in New York at the Art Students League, studying with George Gross and Morris Kantor. Introduced to André Breton and the expat Surrealist group in New York by David Hare, Abbot joined the Subjects of the Artist, an unorthodox school run by Hare, William Baziotes, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. In the late 1940s Abbott worked with Rothko and Newman and fostered a lifelong close relationship with Willem de Kooning.
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Artist: Mary Abbott
Untitled (6)
By Mary Abbott
Located in Columbia, MO
Born in 1921, Mary Abbott was a first-wave Abstract Expressionist, producing some of the best and earliest examples of fully abstract work with a dramatic sense of movement and infus...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mary Abbott Art
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"Postcard Geometry" Mary Abbott, Geometric Abstract Crayon on Paper Composition
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Postcard Geometry
Signed lower right
Crayon on paper
4 x 5 1/2 inches
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"Untitled" Mary Abbott, Abstract Expressionist Collage, Ninth Street Women
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Untitled, circa 1953
Signed with initials lower right
Oil and torn paper collage
17 x 14 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the above)
Exhibited:
Athens, Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, Suitcase Paintings...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
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Paper
"Flowers" Mary Abbott, Colorful Floral Still Life, Female Abstract Expressionism
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Flowers, circa 1950
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Provenance:
Aaron Galleries, Glenview, Illinois
Among the early exponents of Abstract Expressio...
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“Untitled”
By Mary Abbott
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper by the renowned New York artist, Mary Abbott. Signed lower right. Untitled. Circa 1970. Condition is very good. Presently unframed. Sheet size ...
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1970s Mary Abbott Art
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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
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