Biographical Information Name: Clyfford Still Born: November 30, 1904 Died: June 23, 1980 Time Period/Artistic Style: Abstract Expressionism and Modern Art Notable Works: 1948-C, 1944-N No.2 (also known as 'Red Flash on Black Field') Lived: Grandin, North Dakota Occupation: Professor at California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute) Clyfford was one of the first out of his contemporaries to create art devoid of a clear subject. His art mainly consisted of colors interacting with each other in order to convey meaning rather than strict subject material. Overall, his works have a theme of existentialism which captures the conflict between human spirit and the forces of nature. Thanks to the color compositions of his works, most of his art has been compared to an abyss with hints of light escaping. This is due to the fact that he favored using heavily contrasting colors with many of his works being very darkly colored with hints of contrast. Clyfford's art later also inspired a non-representational art movement among his other modern art contemporaries. 1948-C (1948) Oil on canvas 81 x 71 inches Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. This work of Clyfford's is quite representative of the culmination of his art career, for distinguishable figures have disappeared completely and have been replaced instead by contrasting colors. In addition, this shows how he favored using heavily contrasting light and dark colors. He is quoted as comparing these colors to "life and death merging in fearful union." 1944-N No.2 (also known as 'Red Flash on Black Field') (1944) Oil on canvas 8'8" x 7'3" Museum of Modern Art, New York This painting was influential in Clyfford's transition into non-representational art. The painting lacks a clear subject matter, but has this strongly contrasting vertical and horizontal relationship in terms of composition. In addition, this is one of the only copies of a painting that Clyfford ever made in his career, with the first copy being almost identical to the second one pictured here. "These are not paintings in the usual sense; they are life and death merging in fearful union. As for me, they kindle a fire; through them I breathe again, hold a golden cord, find my own revelation." ~ Clyfford Still
Sources:
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80198?locale=en http://www.theartstory.org/artist-still-clyfford-artworks.htm#pnt_3
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