Adolph Gottlieb
Born: March 14, 1903; New York, United States
Died: March 4, 1974; New York, United States
Nationality: American, Jewish
Art Movement: Abstract Expressionism
Painting School: Irascibles, The Ten
Genre: abstract
Field: painting
Art institution: Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY, US, Parsons School of Design (Chase School, New York School of Art), New York City, NY, US
Soundtrack:
W. A. Mozart
Sonata For Piano And Violin In B Flat, K.378 -
1. Allegro moderato
·2. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
3 Rondo (Allegro)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Lambert Orkis, piano
Adolph Gottlieb is an important American painter and a member of the first generation of abstract expressionists. His style is characterized by an idiosyncratic use of abstract visual language, his paintings draw inspiration from primitivism, mythological symbols and achieve emotional intensity through their expression of color. "I never use nature as a starting point," he explains. Burst Paintings, round, smooth shapes on top of messier markings, are among his famous late-career canvases. Born March 14, 1904 in New York City, he studied from 1920 to 1921 at the Art Students League in New York. He travels extensively across Europe and returns to his hometown to begin exhibiting as an artist. He joins the circle of painters known as "The Ten", whose mission is to challenge "the equivalence of American painting and literal painting", and counts Mark Rothko and Lou Schanker among its members. He died on March 4, 1974 in New York and, according to his wishes, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation was created in 1976 to provide grants to visual artists.