Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1922, second-generation Abstract Expressionist Grace Hartigan signed her work "George Hartigan" until 1951. She received critical attention in the early 1950s as a participant in two major group exhibitions: "New Talent," organized by art-world heavyweights Clement Greenberg and Meyer Schapiro , and the "Ninth Street Show." She secured representation by the newly opened Tibor de Nagy gallery, a leading venue for the younger New York School artists. hollistaggart
Biographical History Grace Hartigan was an important participant in the Abstract Expressionist School of art, which emerged in New York City in the 1950s. library.syr.edu/digital/guides/h/hartigan_g.htm
Vision of Heaven and Hell, by Grace Hartigan , 1985. Oil on canvas. 9' X 16'. C. Grimaldis Gallery. www.marylandartsource.org/artists/detail_000000124.html
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