Artist

Clyfford Still

American, 1904–1980

Clyfford Still was an American Abstract Expressionism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Clyfford Still was born in Grandin.

Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II, and is credited as one of the movement’s pioneers. His shift from representational to abstract painting occurred between 1938 and 1942, earlier than his colleagues like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who continued to paint in figurative-surrealist styles well into the 1940s.

Works by Clyfford Still

Collections represented

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