American, b. 1915, Aberdeen, Washington — d. 1991, Provincetown, Massachusetts Robert Motherwell was an American Abstract Expressionist painter, active also as editor, writer and teacher. Influenced by the automatism put forth by Surrealism, Motherwell’s paintings are characterized by their impulsive, intuitive approach. He is perhaps best known for his iconic Elegy to the Spanish Republic series, where he painted over 150 variants of large black forms onto white backgrounds. His…
