Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

male, deceased (1956)
painter, Wyoming artist, American, action paiting, wyoming, From Cody…New York artist, abstract expressionist, abstract expressionism, Abstractexpressionistartist
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist...
Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko

male, deceased (1970)
artist, painter, American, Marcus Rothkowitz, abstract expressionism, Farbfeldmalerei…abstract expressionist, Abstractexpressionistartist
Mark Rothko born Marcus Rothkowitz (September 25, 1903 - February 25, 1970) was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker who is classified as...
Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

male, deceased (1997)
From Rotterdam, Dutch American, painter, Death from Alzheimer's Disease, New York artist, naturalized citizen of the United States…artist, Abstractexpressionistartist, abstract expressionist
Willem de Kooning was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner

female, deceased (1984) (New York, New York, United States)
The Cooper Union alumni, Jewish American, abstract expressionism, American painter, artist, Abstractexpressionistartist…abstract expressionist
Lee Krasner (October 27, 1908 - June 19, 1984) was an influential abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th Century. In 1945,...
Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

female, 80 years old (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Bennington College alumni, painter, post-painterly abstraction, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Bennington College, American…Abstractexpressionistartist, artist, New York artist
Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928) is an American post-painterly abstraction artist. Born in New York City, she was influenced by Jackson...
Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

male, deceased (1991)
printmaker, art criticism, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University, New York artist, art history…Abstractexpressionistartist, abstract expressionism, abstract expressionist, Washington artist, Massachusetts artist
Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 -July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the youngest of...
Franz Kline

Franz Kline

male, deceased (1962)
Boston College, girard college, New York artist, artist, painter, abstract expressionism…abstract expressionist, Abstractexpressionistartist
Franz Kline was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist group which was centered, geographically, around New York,...
Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

male, deceased (1966)
Weißenburg in Bayern, German, Weißenburg, German-American, Search for the Real, painter…artist, abstract expressionism, abstract expressionist, Abstractexpressionistartist
Hans Hofmann was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter. He was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21 1880 the son of Theodor and F...
Barnett Newman

Barnett Newman

male, deceased (1970)
Jewish American, Jewish person, Jewish, New York artist, Russian, artist…Abstractexpressionistartist, abstract expressionism, expressionist
Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one...
Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky

male, deceased (1948)
painter, armenian, artist, Abstractexpressionistartist, abstract expressionism, abstract expressionist
Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, (better known as Arshile Gorky was an Armenian American painter who was as a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism.