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Mary Abbott Abstract Paintings

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, Mary Abbott, Painting, Watercolor, Woman Abstract Expresionnist, 2005
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott (1921-2019) Untitled, 2005 Watercolor on paper Artwork: 5 x 7 in. l 13 x 18 cm Framed: 10 x 12 in. l 25 x 30 cm Signed lower right Mary Abbott (1921-2019) was an America...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

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 Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"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 Among the early exponents of Abstract Expressionism, Mary Abbott created powerful oil paintings in...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mary Abbott Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

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