Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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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1950s Abstract Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
1990s Contemporary Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Late 20th Century Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Silk
1990s Realist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1930s Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Wax Crayon
2010s Pop Art Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Acrylic
1990s Realist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Paper
1910s Cubist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pen
2010s Contemporary Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Paper
1980s Realist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
1960s Abstract Impressionist Mary Abbott Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Paper
