Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Stillwas an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. Still has been credited with laying the groundwork for the movement, as his shift from representational to abstract painting occurred between 1938 and 1942, earlier than his colleagues like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who continued to paint in figurative-surrealist styles well into the 1940s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth30 November 1904
CountryUnited States of America
Clyfford Still quotes about
How can we live and die and never know the difference?
A great free joy surges through me when I work... with tense slashes and a few thrusts the beautiful white fields receive their color and the work is finished in a few minutes.