Guston, Philip, 1913–80, American painter, b. Montreal. Guston emigrated to the United States in 1916. His earliest role models as an artist were such Mexican muralists as José Orozco Orozco, José Clemente (hōsā` klāmān`tā ōrō`skō)
..... Click the link for more information. and David Siqueiros Siqueiros, David Alfaro (dävēth` älfä`rō sēkā`rōs), 1896–1974, Mexican painter, b.
..... Click the link for more information. ; he later made nonobjective murals with Jackson Pollock Pollock, Jackson, 1912–56, American painter, b. Cody, Wyo. He studied (1929–31) in New York City, mainly under Thomas Hart Benton , but he was more strongly influenced by A. P. Ryder and the Mexican muralists, especially Siqueiros .
..... Click the link for more information. and Willem de Kooning de Kooning, Willem (də k
`nĭng), 1904–97, American painter, b.
..... Click the link for more information. . His sensitivity to the relationships of masses of color on canvas caused some critics to call him an "abstract impressionist." He was, however, intimately associated with abstract expressionism, abstract expressionism, movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school.
..... Click the link for more information. and during the 1950s and 60s painted some of the most lyrical works connected with that movement. The Painter's City (1956) is a well-known work. During the latter part of his life, from the late 1960s on, Guston's work changed startlingly. His new paintings, which shockingly departed from his previous refinement, were figurative and strange—nightmarishly cartoonish in image, blunt in approach, and often charged with social consciousness.
Guston, Philip (1912–80) painter; born in Montreal, Canada. He came to California with his family (1916), and his early paintings combined realism and surrealism, as seen in Martial Memory (1941). Later in his career he lived in Woodstock, Vt., and his work had a cartoon-like quality, as in The Studio (1969).
..... Click the link for more information. and David Siqueiros Siqueiros, David Alfaro (dävēth` älfä`rō sēkā`rōs), 1896–1974, Mexican painter, b.
..... Click the link for more information. ; he later made nonobjective murals with Jackson Pollock Pollock, Jackson, 1912–56, American painter, b. Cody, Wyo. He studied (1929–31) in New York City, mainly under Thomas Hart Benton , but he was more strongly influenced by A. P. Ryder and the Mexican muralists, especially Siqueiros .
..... Click the link for more information. and Willem de Kooning de Kooning, Willem (də k
`nĭng), 1904–97, American painter, b...... Click the link for more information. . His sensitivity to the relationships of masses of color on canvas caused some critics to call him an "abstract impressionist." He was, however, intimately associated with abstract expressionism, abstract expressionism, movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school.
..... Click the link for more information. and during the 1950s and 60s painted some of the most lyrical works connected with that movement. The Painter's City (1956) is a well-known work. During the latter part of his life, from the late 1960s on, Guston's work changed startlingly. His new paintings, which shockingly departed from his previous refinement, were figurative and strange—nightmarishly cartoonish in image, blunt in approach, and often charged with social consciousness.
Bibliography
See studies by D. Ashton (1976) and M. Auping, ed. (2003).
Guston, Philip (1912–80) painter; born in Montreal, Canada. He came to California with his family (1916), and his early paintings combined realism and surrealism, as seen in Martial Memory (1941). Later in his career he lived in Woodstock, Vt., and his work had a cartoon-like quality, as in The Studio (1969).
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