Sentences with phrase «famous grid paintings»

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Famous modern abstract paintings include Wassily Kandinsky's «Composition VII» (1913), Joan Miro's «The Birth of the World» (1925), Jackson Pollock's «Number 1A, 1948» (1948), and Piet Mondrian's series of mostly white, black, red, blue, and yellow grids.

Other 20th century innovators of pen drawing include the American oriental artist Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) who was famous for his «white writing» style of calligraphic paintings; the German artist Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)(1913 - 51), noted for his hair - thin graphic seismograms; and Agnes Martin (1912 - 2004), noted for her delicate hand - drawn minimalist grids.

During the late 1980s, the New York - trained painter and photographer Christopher Wool (b. 1955) became famous for his word paintings (now selling for multi-million dollar prices), typically consisting of bold, black stencilled letters arranged in a geometric grid, but with all punctuation removed and spacing disrupted.

Museums and galleries are featuring the work of artists such as Agnes Martin, famous for her contemporary grid paintings, and other early artists of Taos who were often the wives, sisters and daughters of their more famous male counterparts.

Museums and galleries are featuring the work of artists such as Agnes Martin, famous for her contemporary grid paintings, and other early women artists of Taos.