| Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) | ||
| Arizona State U.
Frederick K. Weisman Art Museum/Univ. of Minnesota, Minn. |
In 1941 Motherwell left his study of
literature and psychology to pursue painting. His first one-man exhibit was at the
Art of This Century gallery in 1944. He represented the United States a the Venice
Biennale in 1950 and the São Paulo Bienal in 1961. His best known series, Elegy to the Spanish Republic (1949-76), was inspired by the Spanish Civil War. Motherwell felt that it was the task of his generation to
"re-invent painting, its subject and its means."
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Motherwell thought that his generation should give re-birth to painting.