Stephen Greene Art
American, 1917-1999
Stephen Greene was born in New York City. He attended the National Academy School of Art and then the Art Students League, and earned a BFA and a MA at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Greene studied with Philip Guston and they remained friends until Guston died in 1980. He taught at Princeton University for many years, where he was a teacher to many well-known figures in the art world including Frank Stella and art critic and historian Michael Fried. Greene had more than two dozen solo exhibitions of his work in leading art galleries in New York City. He also taught at the Art Students League of New York for several decades.
After the mid-1950s and until his death, Greene's work was related to abstract expressionism, Color Field painting and Surrealism. His work is represented in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Tate Gallery in London.
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Artist: Stephen Greene
Untitled
By Stephen Greene
Located in Surfside, FL
Stephen Greene (September 19, 1917 – November 18, 1999) was an American artist known for his abstract paintings and in the 1940s his social realist figure paintings. Stephen Greene w...
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20th Century Contemporary Stephen Greene Art
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Silver Gelatin
"The Battle" Stephen Greene, American Abstract Artist, Mid-Century Abstract
By Stephen Greene
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Greene
The Battle, 1964
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on canvas
54 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches
Provenance
Staempfli Gallery, New York
Stephen Greene was born in New ...
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1960s Abstract Stephen Greene Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Stephen Greene
By Stephen Greene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stephen Greene, American (1917 - 1999)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 40 x 30 inches
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Stephen Greene Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Prometheus 10
By Stephen Greene
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Prometheus 10" oil on canvas by important New York artist Stephen Greene (1917-1999), signed lower left corner. Dated 1981. In artist frame.
Category
1980s Stephen Greene Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Passing By (Light), Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Stephen Greene
By Stephen Greene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stephen Greene, American (1917 - 1999)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 40 x 30 inches
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Stephen Greene Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Passing By (Dark) - Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by Stephen Greene
By Stephen Greene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stephen Greene, American (1917 - 1999)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1986
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 40 x 30 inches
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Stephen Greene Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
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