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STILL, Clyfford, born 1904 Grandin (ND) - 1980 New York; American painter. |
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| 1926/27 | Studied at
Spokane University in Washington. |
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| 1931-33 | Studied at Spokane University in
Washington, where he later became an art teacher himself.
His pupils at colleges and universities in California,
Virginia and New York included
Tobey
and Rothko and many
other Abstract Expressionist painters. |
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| 1943 | First solo-exhibition at the San
Francisco Museum of Art. |
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| 1930s | In the 30s,
inspired by the works of Cezanne and van Gogh, he painted
abstract figures and landscapes, while his works of the
40s are more Surrealist in character, being based on
mythological themes and the workings of the subconscious. |
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| 1947 | Around 1947 he
developed his last painting style: large canvases,
usually covered in a thick, monochrome-black layer of
paint and framed by bright contrasting colours. |
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| 1959 | Participated in
documenta 2 in Kassel and in the exhibition at the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo (NY). |
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| 1979 | Retrospective at
the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York, and |
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| 1992 | at the Kunsthalle Basel. |
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Out of the principles of Abstract Expressionism Still created works of a calm, meditative character. |
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