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Biography

Still was born in Grandin, North Dakota. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he studied at Spokane University in Washington, graduating in art in 1933. He taught at the Spokane Art Center, a Federal Art Project during the Great Depression; and at Washington State University. Grandin is a city located in North Dakota. ... Spokane University was a four-year liberal arts college that operated from 1913 to 1933. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). ... The Spokane Art Center in Spokane, Washington, was an art school notable as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) a Federal Art Project during the Great Depression. ... East Side West Side Exhibition of Photographs, New York City Federal Art Project, WPA, 1938 The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal WPA Federal One program in the United States. ... The Great Depression was a dramatic, worldwide economic downturn beginning in some countries as early as 1928. ... Washington State University (WSU) is a major public research university in Pullman, Washington. ...

After working in California from 1941 to 1943, Still's first solo exhibition came in 1943 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It was only a few years later, however, after he had met Mark Rothko and had a solo show hosted by Peggy Guggenheim, that he developed the style for which he is now best known. In 1946 he took a job at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, but moved back to New York City in 1950. A retrospective of his work was shown in Buffalo, New York before he moved once more in 1961, this time to a farm near Westminster, Maryland, where he remained for most of the rest of his life, largely cut-off from the rest of the art-world. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2004). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ... The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is an accredited undergraduate and graduate school of contemporary art located in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California, United States. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... Location in Maryland. ...

Still was one of the foremost "color field" painters - his paintings are non-figurative, and largely concerned with juxtaposing different colours in a variety of formations. However, while Mark Rothko or Barnett Newman organized their colours in a relatively simple way (Rothko in the form of nebulous rectangles, Newman in thin lines on vast fields of colour), Still's arrangements are less regular. His jagged flashes of colour give the impression that one layer of colour has been "torn" off the painting, revealing the colours underneath. Another point of departure with Newman and Rothko is the way the paint is laid on the canvas: while Rothko and Newman used fairly flat colours and relatively thin paint, Still uses a thick impasto, causing subtle variety in shade across the painting. Color Field painting is an abstract style that emerged in the 1950s after Abstract Expressionism and is largely characterized by abstract canvases painted primarily with large areas of solid color. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. ... Image:Jane Frank Crgs And Crevices. ...

Clyfford Still, 1957-D No. 1, 1957, Oil on canvas, 113 x 159 in, Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

Among Still's better known paintings is 1957-D No. 1 (1957) which is mainly black and yellow with patches of white and a small amount of red. These four colors, and variations on them (purples, dark blues) are predominant in his work, and there is a tendency for his paintings to use darker shades. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... view from Elmwood Avenue The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art located in Buffalo, New York. ...

Still was very particular about the way his works should be shown. Following the positive reception of the Buffalo retrospective in 1959, he donated 31 paintings to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy on the condition that they must be shown permanently in their own room, never to be loaned out. Around 750 paintings and around 1500 works on paper have been held in storage in Maryland since his death owing to a stipulation in his will that they may only be shown in a gallery built to his own specifications and under his own terms. There are currently a number of his works on view at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.^[1] view from Elmwood Avenue The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art located in Buffalo, New York. ... view from Elmwood Avenue The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art located in Buffalo, New York. ... Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Elevation The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums. ...

Shortly before his death, a retrospective of his work was held at the Met in New York City. Still died in 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland. Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...

The City of Denver website says:

"In August 2004, the City of Denver announced it had been chosen to receive the artworks contained within the Clyfford Still Estate, created in 1980 upon the death of one of the most important painters of the twentieth century. Still (1904-1980) was among the first generation of Abstract Expressionist artists who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. This highly sought-after body of work contains over 2,150 artworks representing all periods of the American artist's distinguished career and nearly 90% of the artist's total output.

"Removed from public view for over twenty-five years, these works will finally be revealed at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, planned to open to the public in 2010.

The Clyfford Still Museum is an independent nonprofit organization with its own website at www.clyffordstillmuseum.org."

References

1. ^ http://www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/Still.html accessed online July 12, 2007

Sources

Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960 By Clyfford Still, David Anfam (Author), Neal Benezra (Contributor), Brooks Adams (Contributor), James T. Demetrion (Editor). Publisher: Yale University Press (June 1, 2001), ISBN-10: 0300089694 ISBN-13: 978-0300089691

External link

• clyffordstill.net, with images of some of his paintings
• http://www.clyffordstillmuseum.org/