Manoucher Yektai (1921–2019)

 

POSITANO LANDSCAPE #3, 1958 

oil on canvas 99 x 99 cm. | 39¼ x 39¼ in.

Manoucher Yektai (December 22, 1921 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian-American artist associated with New York School art movement. Born in Tehran, Iran, Yektai dropped out of Tehran University without obtaining a degree. Between 1945 and 1947, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant in Paris, and later in New York City. From 1946 to 1947, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the atelier of André Lhote. From 1947 to 1948, he studied at the Art Students League of New York.

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​​Grace Hartigan (USA, 1922–2008)

 

Chinatown  (oil on canvas, 1956)

On Orchard Street (1957)

oil, paper and printed paper collage on paper 55.9 x 73.7 cm

Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922 – November 15, 2008) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s. 

Her circle of friends, who frequently inspired one another in their artistic endeavors, included Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Frank O'Hara. Her paintings are held by numerous major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As director of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting, she influenced numerous young artists.

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American abstract: Jon Schueler

The Minch from Reiff, 1966 Oil on canvas

Gold And Silver Grey

My Father is the Son

Schueler originally wanted to become a writer and, after acquiring his MA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1940, he worked for a short time as a journalist. The Second World War interrupted his writing. 

After the war, he moved to San Francisco and taught English while he began attending the California School of Fine Arts where he studied with Edward Corbett, David Park, Hassel Smith, and Richard Diebenkorn. He chose Abstract Expressionism as his preferred style and moved to New York in 1951, where he became part of the New York School of artists. His first solo exhibition was in 1954, at the Stable Gallery.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schueler