Motherwell, Robert

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Abstract expressionist painter. Close friend of Baziotes.

From the description of Robert Motherwell postcard to William Baziotes, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557368

Robert Motherwell, 1915-1991, painter of New York, N.Y.

From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell, 1981 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401238

Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1915; d. 1991.

From the description of Robert Motherwell interview, 1981 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78142078

Renowned as one of the founders of Abstract Expressionism, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was a painter and printmaker of international stature. Member of the New York School with Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, Motherwell was selected to exhibit at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1943, which was followed by a one-man exhibition of his work in 1944. In 1946, Motherwell was included in The Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Fourteen Americans [MoMA Exh. #329, September 10 - December 8, 1946]. Motherwell had his first major museum retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in 1965, which subsequently traveled to major venues in Europe.

From the description of The Dedalus Foundation's Robert Motherwell scrapbooks, 1946-2000. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 670140660

Artist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Motherwell : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451887

Motherwell was an abstract expressionist painter, New York, N.Y. and Greenwich, Conn; Reedy, a Minnesota collector.

From the description of Letter: Robert Motherwell, Provincetown, Mass., to Clyde M. Reedy, 1972 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79868190

Painter, printmaker; Greenwich, Connecticut. Born 1915. Died 1991.

From the description of Robert Motherwell lecture, 1973 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571659

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y.

From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell, 1971 Nov. 24-1974 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79728856

American artist.

From the description of Writings on art, 1941-1971. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81841760
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referencedIn Gladys Kashdin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn O'Hara, Frank. Frank O'Hara papers, 1956-1966. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Clement Greenberg papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn James E. B. Breslin research archive on Mark Rothko, 1900-1994, 1940-1990 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Arthur A. Cohen papers, 1941-1988 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Congregation B'nai Israel of Millburn (N.J.). Congregation B'nai Israel of Millburn records, 1931-2005. Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest
creatorOf Nathan Halper business records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Arthur Berger papers, 1905-2004, 1930-2003 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
referencedIn B.R. Kornblatt Gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Entretiens de Pontigny records MS 0768., 1942-1945. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf OAC Review Index (University of Guelph). Memorials to leaders in agriculture opened at Experimental Farm, OAC Review, v.48, no.8, Summer 1936, p. 454-455. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Lee Nordness business records and papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Clemens Kalischer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Harold Rosenberg papers, 1923-1984 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Robert Burns Motherwell : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Hanuman books. Hanuman books records, 1978-1996, (bulk 1986-1994). University of Michigan
referencedIn Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003. Arthur Berger papers, 1905-2004 (bulk 1930-2003). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Artists and printmaking : the making of a print : lecture, by Edmund Brooke Alexander Archives of American Art
creatorOf Florence Weinstein papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Barbara Rose papers, 1940-1993 (bulk 1960-1985). Getty Research Institute
creatorOf A structure for creativity. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Robert Motherwell. 1965 : Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Reis, Bernard. Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Bernard J. Reis papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Gifts of works on paper by Robert Motherwell. 1987-1988 : Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library audio archive collection, 1969-2004. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Howard Somers Conant papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Writings on art, 1941-1971. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Gyorgy Kepes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Elise Asher papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Robert Motherwell lecture Archives of American Art
referencedIn Leen, Nina, 1909-. [The Irascibles] [graphic] / Nina Leen. Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. The Dedalus Foundation's Robert Motherwell scrapbooks, 1946-2000. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Mitch Tuchman papers relating to the book Painters Painting Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Reminiscences of Robert Motherwell : oral history, 1977. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Emerson Woelffer papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf David Smith papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Jacques Barzun Papers, ca.1900-1999. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Elise Asher papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel collection, 1976-1999. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Gertrude Kasle Gallery records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Rosenberg, Harold, 1906-1978. Harold Rosenberg Papers, 1923-1984. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Barbara Rose papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf John Jones interviews with artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Joann and Gifford Phillips papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Reynal, Eugene, Mrs., 1905-1977. Robert Motherwell in his studio [graphic]. Archives of American Art
creatorOf Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. What modern art means to me. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Billy Al Bengston papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn William and Ethel Baziotes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn James E. B. Breslin research archive on Mark Rothko, 1900-1994, 1940-1990 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Sandler, Irving, 1925-. Irving Sandler papers, ca. 1950-2000. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf MOTHERWELL, ROBERT. Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Lieberman, William S. (William Slattery), 1924-2005. William S. Lieberman papers, 1948-1984 Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert,. UNESCO Conference, New York, 1951 : the American artist, 1951. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Rudi Blesh papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Watson/de Nagy & Company gallery records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Yvonne Thomas papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Herbert Matter papers, ca. 1937-1984 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell material about David Smith Archives of American Art
referencedIn Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Grace Hartigan Papers, 1942-2006 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Society for Art, Religion and Contemporary Culture. Records, 1961-1990. Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Ethel Schwabacher papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Janssen, Peter T. The nature of abstraction and symbolism in the work of Arshile Gorky and Robert Motherwell / Peter T. Janssen. Coe College, Stewart Memorial Library
creatorOf Letter: Robert Motherwell, Provincetown, Mass., to Clyde M. Reedy Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. [Letter] 1955 July 6, New York [to Marvin] Halverson, [New York] / Robert Motherwell. Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS
creatorOf Clement Greenberg papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cornell University. Dept. of History. History 421 papers, 2003. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Motherwell, Robert : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Motherwell, Robert, 1915- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Bradley Walker Tomlin papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf John Jones interviews with artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Photographs of artists by Fred McDarrah Archives of American Art
creatorOf [Seminar. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Learning from performers : sound recordings Archives of American Art
creatorOf Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986,. Arthur Cohen interview with Robert Motherwell, 1969. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert, 1915-1991. [Robert Motherwell] : artist file John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library
referencedIn Stable Gallery records Archives of American Art
creatorOf April Kingsley and Budd Hopkins papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Nathan Halper Papers, 1923-1986. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Irving Sandler papers, ca. 1914-2001, bulk 1950-2000 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Levy, Howard. Howard Levy letter to Robert Motherwell, 1971. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Ulfert Wilke papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Hans Namuth photographs and papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Robert Motherwell postcard to William Baziotes Archives of American Art
referencedIn Dore Ashton papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Henry Botkin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Halper, Nathan. Nathan Halper papers, 1923-1986. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Fuchs, Kenneth. Face of the night : after a painting by Robert Motherwell : for oboe and English horn and chamber ensemble / by Kenneth Fuchs. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Billy Al Bengston papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cleve Gray papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. [Robert Motherwell : International Art & Artists File]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Diane Di Prima Papers, 1948-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Motherwell, Robert. Correspondence with Edward F. Fry, 1970. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Guthrie Foster papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cuddihy, John Murray. Robert Motherwell scrapbooks, 1944-1978. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Motherwell, Robert, 1915-1991 : artist file. The Barnes Foundation, Barnes Foundation Libraries and Special Collections
referencedIn The Dorathy Bruce Farr papers, 1965-1989 Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Barbara Rose papers, 1940-1993, bulk 1960-1985 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Dore Ashton Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Nathan Halper Archives of American Art
creatorOf Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Aaron Siskind Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with George McNeil Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Helen Frankenthaler Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Herbert Ferber Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Harold Rosenberg Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Philip Pavia Archives of American Art

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associatedWith Ashton, Dore. person
associatedWith Ashton, Dore. person
associatedWith Barzun, Jacques, 1907- person
associatedWith Baziotes, William, 1912-1963. person
associatedWith Bengston, Billy Al. person
associatedWith Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003. person
associatedWith Blesh, Rudi, 1899-1985. person
associatedWith Botkin, Henry, 1896-1983. person
associatedWith Breslin, James E. B., 1935-1996. person
associatedWith B. R. Kornblatt Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986, person
associatedWith Conant, Howard Somers, 1921- person
associatedWith Congregation B'nai Israel of Millburn (N.J.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Coolidge, John, 1913-1995 person
associatedWith Cornell University. Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith Cuddihy, John Murray. person
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associatedWith Dedalus Foundation. corporateBody
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associatedWith Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- person
associatedWith Foster, Guthrie. person
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associatedWith Fuchs, Kenneth. person
associatedWith Gertrude Kasle Gallery corporateBody
associatedWith Gertrude Kasle Gallery (Detroit, Mich.) corporateBody
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associatedWith Gray, Cleve. person
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associatedWith Harvard University. corporateBody
associatedWith Hopkins, Budd, 1931-2011. person
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associatedWith Kashdin, Gladys Shafran, 1921- person
associatedWith Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Kuh, Katharine. person
associatedWith Leen, Nina, 1909- person
correspondedWith Levy, Howard. person
correspondedWith Lieberman, William S. (William Slattery), 1924-2005. person
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associatedWith McDarrah, Fred W., 1926-2007, person
associatedWith McNeil, George, 1908- person
associatedWith Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003 person
associatedWith Montclair Art Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Namuth, Hans. person
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associatedWith Office for the Arts at Harvard & Radcliffe. corporateBody
associatedWith O'Hara, Frank. person
associatedWith Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005, person
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associatedWith Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956. person
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associatedWith Reis, Bernard person
associatedWith Reis, Bernard. person
associatedWith Reis, Bernard J., 1895-1978. person
associatedWith Reis, Rebecca person
associatedWith Reynal, Eugene, Mrs., 1905-1977. person
associatedWith Rose, Barbara person
associatedWith Rose, Barbara. person
associatedWith Rosenberg, Harold, 1906-1978. person
associatedWith Sandler, Irving, 1925- person
associatedWith Schwabacher, Ethel, 1903-1984. person
associatedWith Siskind, Aaron person
associatedWith Smith, David, 1906-1965. person
associatedWith Society for Art, Religion and Contemporary Culture. corporateBody
associatedWith Stable Gallery corporateBody
associatedWith Stable Gallery (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Thomas, Yvonne, 1913-2009. person
associatedWith Tomlin, Bradley Walker, 1899-1953. person
associatedWith Tuchman, Mitch. person
associatedWith Tuchman, Phyllis person
associatedWith Watson/de Nagy & Company (Gallery: Houston, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Weinstein, Florence, b. 1895. person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987. person
associatedWith Woelffer, Emerson, 1914-2003. person
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