Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Albert Kotin Abstract Expressionism-New York School 1950s action painting




Albert Kotin-Abstract Expressionism

Albert Kotin, Chinese Holiday, 1948,
Oil and enamel on canvas 36 x 22 inch
All rights reserved by the artist or his delegates.


Alexander Calder wrote in 1968:As long as there are people such as Al Kotin,
there is no danger to art.





Albert Kotin, Moment of Flight1948

Oil on canvas, 21 x 36 inches




Albert Kotin, Struggle Between Plant And Insects,1948
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches

This painting is exhibited: 
New School for Social Research, 1948




Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1950
Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches

This painting is exhibited:
Hacker Gallery, 1951




Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1951
Oil and enamel on canvas, 57 x 37 inches

This painting is exhibited:
Hacker Gallery, NYC 1951



Albert Kotin, Spanish Dancers,1950
Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

This painting is exhibited:
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, 1951




Albert Kotin, Predators, 1951
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches


This painting is exhibited:
Exhibited in the "9th St." Show in 1951




Albert Kotin, Downbeat, 1954
Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches.

This painting is exhibited:
Grand Central Moderns, NYC, 1958.




Albert Kotin, Untitled, 1954 
Oil on canvas, 70 x 58 inches

This painting is exhibited:
Grand Central Modern, 1958
Tanager Gallery, 1959
New York Hilton: 1959-1964
( catalog p.32 illustrated )
Book: amazon.com p.208 illustrated





Albert Kotin, Phoenix , 1957
Oil on canvas, 57 x 36 inches



Albert Kotin, Whispering Rain,1957
Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches

The painting is exhibited:Grand Central Modern, 1958; Tanager Gallery; 1959




Albert Kotin, Westerly, 1957
Oil on canvas, 69 x 79 inches
The painting is Exhibited:
Grand Central Modern, 1958;

Reading Art Museum, 1995-1999
Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, 1994 ( catalog p.20 illustrated )Rockford Art Museum, 2004 ( catalog p.48 illustrated )



Albert Kotin. Untitled, 1958
Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches
This painting is exhibited:
Grand Central Modern, 1958;

Albert Kotin is included in the following books with  two full pages of reproductions of his works, statements and biography: 

Sunday, September 20, 2015

James Brooks Abstract Expressionism-New York School 1950s action painting




New York School  Action Painting

Post World War II Abstract Expressionist Artists in New York City represented a new artistic innovation that by the 1950's had been recognized across the Atlantic including Paris. New York School Action Painting became the leading art movement of the postwar era.The artists who were responsible for the new innovation were living in Lower Manhattan.
Expressionism had been first used in Germany in 1919in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism.  Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to workscreated by Vassily Kandinsky.

Early New York School Action Painters

James Brooks (1906-1992)
 

Brooks was amongst the first abstract expressionists to use staining as an important technique. According to art critic, Carter Ratcliff: 
"His concern has always been to create painterly accidents of the kind that allow buried personal meanings to take on visibility."

James Brooks, BERL, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 62 x 66 inches. 
All rights reserved by the artist or his legal delegates.

This painting is illustrated in the book: 
New York School Abstract Expressionists: Artists Choice by Artists  p.80 

James Brooks, Untitled, 1952
Oil on board 23 x 16 in
All rights reserved by the artist or his legal delegates.



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