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Thesis presentation for Bonnie Brown, University of MichiganTRANSCRIPT
Untitled (A Talk)
Bonnie Brown
Art Institute of ChicagoModern Wing
Beach Scene
David SmithBeach Scene1949, steel
Willem De KooningExcavation1950, oil on canvas
Excavation (Details)
Georges BraqueHarbor in Normandy1909, oil on canvas
Jackson PollockUntitled1943, oil on canvas
Untitled (Details)
Action Painting
Color Field Painting
Jackson PollockAutumn Rhythm (Number 30)1950, enamel on canvas Jackson Pollock
Full Fathom Five1947, oil on canvas
Hans HofmannSpring1944-45, oil on wood
“….what some people call the spatter-and-daub school and I, more politely, have christened abstract Expressionism.”- Robert Coates, 1946
Jackson Pollock Gestural PaintingLIFE Magazine
“My work is not influenced by anybody.”-- Clyfford Still
“Whatever an artist’s personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it,
he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.”-- Willem De Kooning
Clyfford StillPH-1181947, oil on canvas
Mark RothkoNo. 61 (Rust and Blue)1951, oil on canvas
Jackson PollockFull Fathom Five1947, oil on canvas
"Full fathom five thy father lies/Of his bones are coral made/Those are pearls that were his eyes.“
--The Tempest
Jackson PollockGreyed Rainbow1953, oil on linen
ExcavationWillem De Kooning