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American painter Jack Tworkov.
Leonard Hutton Galleries is pleased to present an exhibition of artworks by renowned first generation “Irascible” and New York School artists James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, Jimmy Ernst, Sam Francis, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, Theodore Roszak, David Smith and Jack Tworkov.
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Van de Weghe Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of Abstract Expressionist works on paper by renowned artists Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, Sam Francis, Mark Tobey Jean Dubuffet and Yayoi Kusama. The movement came to prominence in the years following World War II and is characterized by its focus on gesture and materiality, and its disregard for pictorial representation. These artists worked both in and outside of AbEx’s New York epicenter, and there is a striking range of technique and pictorial effects which points to the nuances of the movement.
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David Klein Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings and work on paper by the noted American abstract expressionist, Jack Tworkov. This is the first solo show of the artist’s work in the Detroit area since the Gertrude Kasle Gallery held an exhibition in 1969.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by Stephanie Buhmann.
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The Estate of Jack Tworkov is pleased to announce a new relationship with Francis Frost will now represent the Estate in offering for sale the lithographs, etchings and silkscreens of Jack Tworkov. This marks the first concerted effort to make this rare material available to the public.
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Published in Art News in May 1953, this article features Tworkov speaking candidly about a new series of paintings titled “House of the Sun.” Written by Fairfield Porter with photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, it was one of the first articles in an important new series titled “Paints a Picture.” The series was commissioned by the then editor of Art News, Thomas B. Hess and included features with Hans Hoffman, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell and Jackson Pollock among others.
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The 1950s marked an important decade in Jack Tworkov’s career and in the history of American art. The rising optimism of a post war world brought momentum to the Abstract Expressionism movement in New York. “Christmas Morning,” a work by Jack Tworkov, currently in the collection of the Newark Museum, was painted at the beginning of this critical decade. A decade that would see New York City surpass Paris as the capital of the art world.
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The Estate of Jack Tworkov in collaboration with panOpticon is pleased to announce the publication of the online Catalogue Raisonné of Works on Canvas by Jack Tworkov. This is the first online catalogue raisonné of its kind released free to the public on the web.
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Given the dramatic destruction brought on this week by Hurricane Sandy, it’s only appropriate to highlight Tworkov’s “Weatherman” painted in 1953 as our November 2012 featured work by the artist.
Painted during the artist’s Abstract Expressionist period, Tworkov brushes greys and whites in a composition that at once seems responsive to landscape but then seems more in tune to personal atmospheric unrest–even a reflection of the artist’s inner psychosis.
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Jack Tworkov, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, abstract expressionism, Art of Another KindThis summer The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present a ground breaking exhibition Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960, June 8-September 12.
Drawn from the Guggenheim’s holdings, Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960 celebrates this vital period in the museum’s history leading up to the inauguration of its Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building in October 1959. In 1953, Sweeney aptly summarized the postwar prognosis: “Yesterday is not quite out of sight; tomorrow is not yet clear in view. But the atmosphere of vitality is unquestionable.”
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Barbara Edwards Contemporary is pleased to present an historic exhibition of works by renowned American artist Jack Tworkov February 10-April 7, 2012. Celebrated as one of the foremost painters associated with the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, this exhibition marks the first time the work of the artist has been exhibited in Toronto.
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