Mary Abbott Art
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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Late 20th Century Abstract Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Crayon
1950s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Paper
1950s Abstract Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Pastel
1970s Mary Abbott Art
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
1970s Modern Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Gouache
1980s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Acrylic, Pastel
1990s Realist Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
1950s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Archival Paper, Oil Crayon, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Watercolor
1930s Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Wax Crayon
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Acrylic, Oil Crayon, Rag Paper
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mary Abbott Art
Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Cotton, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Late 20th Century Abstract Mary Abbott Art
Gouache, Linen, Paper, Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Abstract Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Abstract Mary Abbott Art
Paper, Watercolor
1960s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Canvas, Oil
1970s Post-Modern Mary Abbott Art
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Art
Canvas, Oil