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Robert Motherwell Paintings

American, 1915-1991

The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell (1915–91) is often taken as synonymous with the New York School, whose name he coined. Motherwell was the youngest of this group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in 1950s and '60s New York City, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.

Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell had perhaps the broadest and best education of any of the New York School coterie, with an extensive background in philosophy, literature and art history. He earned a BA in philosophy in 1937 from Stanford University and was working toward a PhD in the subject at Harvard when he interrupted his studies for a yearlong trip to Europe, where he fell in love with European modernism.

After returning, in 1940 he enrolled Columbia to study art history. It was there that he met a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists, and encounter that proved influential on his style. Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism” — unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses — into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School.

Works like the 1967 Beside the Sea no. 45, an acrylic on canvas, and the 1966 lithograph New York International epitomize Motherwell’s use of simple shapes in boldly contrasting colors, executed in quick, gestural strokes that occasionally evoke figures, suggesting a latent narrative despite their obvious abstraction.

Throughout his career, Motherwell taught painting at Hunter College, in New York, and at Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where his work influenced the likes of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Noland. His influence as one of the founding fathers of American Abstract Expressionism remains profound.

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Artist: Robert Motherwell
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By Robert Motherwell

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Framed, unique strike with significant hand coloring in acrylic paint on printed 2 color lithograph on paper by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). Signed in upper left c...

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1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Elegy Sketch

Elegy Sketch

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Elegy Sketch 1980-ca. 1984 Acrylic on canvas board 15 x 29.5 cms (5 7/8 x 11 5/8 ins) RM-P80-2500 P1008 An early version of this work was photographed in 1980 (Sloman photo no. 1217). Studio photographs show that Motherwell modified the black forms and added the white lines sometime around 1984, without changing the overall composition. Exhibited: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Robert Motherwell, 1984, no. 106. Manny Silverman Gallery...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Acrylic

Black Open

Black Open

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Black Open 1973 Acrylic on canvas 182.9 x 91.4 cms (72 x 36 ins) RM9611 P735 Motherwell's fascination with black started when he was wo...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Open No. 45: In Blue with Brown

Open No. 45: In Blue with Brown

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Open No. 45: In Blue with Brown 1969 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 55.9 x 71.1 cms (22 x 28 ins) RM9741 P447 Exhibited: Art Galleries, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Awards, 1970, no. 55. Galerie Templon, Paris, Robert Motherwell Open...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Alberti Suite No. 8

Alberti Suite No. 8

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Alberti Suite No. 8 1970 Acrylic on canvas 101.6 x 75.6 cms (40 x 29 3/4 ins) RM9811 P526 One of the several variants Motherwell painted within the Open series. I...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Acrylic

Dr. Zhivago's Country Study

Dr. Zhivago's Country Study

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Dr. Zhivago's Country Study 1975 Acrylic on canvas board 14 x 45.7 cms (5 1/2 x 18 ins) RM9816 P853 Recto, upper left: Motherwell \ 75 Verso: "Dr Zhivago's Country...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled (Open in Yellow, Black and Blue)

Untitled (Open in Yellow, Black and Blue)

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Untitled (Open in Yellow, Black and Blue) 1970 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board 25.4 x 61 cms (10 x 24 ins) RM9819 P588 Signed lower right (recto) Artist's studio number P74-290 Provenance: Dedalus Foundation, New York...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Untitled (Red Open)

Untitled (Red Open)

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Untitled (Red Open) ca. 1970 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board 17.8 x 22.8 cms (7 x 9 ins) RM9923 P575 Artist's studio number P71-286 Signed (verso) Provenance...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Untitled (Ochre Open)

Untitled (Ochre Open)

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Untitled (Ochre Open) 1972 Acrylic on Upson board 60.6 x 24.5 cms (23 7/8 x 9 5/8 ins) RM9997 P666 Recto, upper right: RM \ 72 Verso not signed, not da...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Shem the Penman #18

Shem the Penman #18

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Shem the Penman #18 1983 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 25.4 x 35.5 cms (10 x 13 3/4 ins) RM10044 P1068 Signed upper left and on reverse. Provenance: Dedalus Foun...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Open Untitled (Yellow)

Open Untitled (Yellow)

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Open Untitled (Yellow) 1981 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 30.5 x 40.6 cms (12 x 16 ins) RM10045 P1019 Recto upper left: RM Verso not signed,not dated Artist's studio no: P81-2652 Provenance: Dedalus Foundation, 1991. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 2007. Exhibited: Galerie Templon, Paris, Robert Motherwell Open Series, 17 May - 21 July 2018. Literature: Hobbs, R., Kuspit, D., Mattison, R., Ostrow, S., Yau, J., Collings, M., 2009. Robert Motherwell ‘Open...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Great Wall of China No. 4

Great Wall of China No. 4

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Great Wall of China No. 4 1971 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 152.4 x 101.6 cms (60 x 40 ins) RM10101 P617 This work is part of the artist's Great Wall of China series, of which there are only five paintings, all of which are in private hands. Painted on a traditionally primed canvas, it is an exploration of the tension between foreground and background. The U-shaped forms in this series of paintings are closely related to the paintings in Motherwell's Open series of which there are a greater number of paintings and drawings. Great Wall of China series refer to a Franz Kafka short story about the Chinese landmark, which certainly served as a dividing line in its time, and perhaps also to contemporaneous events involving China, such as Henry Kissinger...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey

Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Premonition Open, with Flesh over Grey, 1974, belongs to an extended series of works that came to be called the Opens and which came about by a happy accident. Leaning a finished can...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer, Graphite

Two Figures No. 12

Two Figures No. 12

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Two Figures No. 12 1958 Oil on paperboard 19.1 x 24.1 cms (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins) RM12376 W41 Motherwell painted this work in Saint-Jean-de-Luz during the summer of 19...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Untitled

Untitled

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Untitled 1990 Acrylic and coloured pencil on panel 40.6 x 50.8 cms (16 x 20 ins) RM13143 P1195 The composition of this painting is based on the left ...

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel, Color Pencil

Shem the Penman #19

Shem the Penman #19

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell Shem the Penman #19 1983 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 25.4 x 35.6 cms (10 x 14 ins) RM13642 P1069 Recto, upper left: RM Verso: R. Motherwell \ 1983 Verso (on b...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic

Open No. 126: In Beige with Blue

Open No. 126: In Beige with Blue

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Open No. 126: In Beige with Blue 1970 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 76.2 cms (24 x 30 ins) RM13967 P533 The dedication on the verso of this painting is to the artist and editor Alexander Liberman (1912-1999) and his wife Tatiana (1906-1991). Signed, titled, dated twice 1970 and inscribed Merry Xmas to Tatiana & Alex Liberman from their friend Bob Motherwell on the stretcher. Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Liberman, New York (gift of the artist). High Museum of Art, Atlanta (gift of the above in 1991). Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2012, lot 138. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale). Exhibited: Galerie Templon, Paris, Robert Motherwell Open...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Paintings

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The Red and Black No. 52
The Red and Black No. 52

The Red and Black No. 52

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Houston, TX

Robert Motherwell's "The Red and Black No.52" is an abstract collage that incorporates oil based etching ink, pasted papers, and aquatint on paper. The piece was created between the ...

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The Brown Stripe

The Brown Stripe

By Robert Motherwell

Located in London, GB

Acrylic and pasted papers on paper 35.6 x 21 cms (14 x 8 1/2 ins)

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    No, Robert Motherwell was not a Surrealist painter. The American artist was the youngest member of the New York School, a group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in the 1950s and '60s. However, Motherwell did meet a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists while attending Columbia University to study art history in the 1940s. This encounter proved influential in his style. Inspired by their work, Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism," unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses, into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Robert Motherwell art.
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