ROBERT MOTHERWELL "IN CELEBRATION" LITHOGRAPH, 1975 Women artists art history Francis began painting during convalescence

Francis began painting during convalescence from an injury sustained during a plane crash whilst serving in WWII

almost theatrical settings or portals

This is a classic and easily recognizable example of Perehudoff's work from the early 1980's

and warfare

“Untitled” predates Sherman’s iconic “Film Stills” of 1977

ROBERT MOTHERWELL "IN CELEBRATION" LITHOGRAPH, 1975 Women artists art history Francis began painting during convalescenceRobert Motherwell (1915 1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and established New York City as the center of the art world. Motherwell was also the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. Today, his work appears in museum