To begin with, these Black Paintings were seen by other modern artists as an extreme and uncompromising form of avant - garde art, rather than a serious attempt at innovation. (visual-arts-cork.com)
Highly unpopular with the general public and the arts authorities, although highly rated by other modern artists, dealers and collectors. (visual-arts-cork.com)
• For biographies of other modern artists of the 1960s, see: 20th - Century Painters. (visual-arts-cork.com)