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William Baziotes (American, 1912-1963)

White Bird, 1957

oil on canvas, 152.4 x 121.92 cm

© Estate of William Baziotes

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

...Although White Bird does not depict a specific species of fowl, the large white form that dominates the center of the canvas and surrounding linear elements convey a feeling of weightlessness. The artist was also fascinated with the power of myth, stating, “The things in my paintings are intended to strike something that is an emotional involvement—that has to do with the human personality and all the mysteries of life, not simply colors or abstract balances.”

[lawrencefineart]

A powerful surrealist abstraction by William Baziotes. Don't know the date but would say early 40s. Notice the eyes in the lower center. #art #artoftheday #artcurator #artcollector #modernart #modernism #fineart #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstractexpressionism #surrealism #surrealart #paintingoftheday #baziotes

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William Baziotes  (American, 1912–1963)

Pompeii,  1955

Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 121.9 cm

Louise Reinhardt Smith Fund © The Museum of Modern Art / www.moma.org

[4eternal-life]

William Baziotes  (American, 1912–1963)

Leonardo da Vinci’s Butterfly , 1942

Oil on canvas

Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA

...Employed by the WPA Art Project in the late 1930s, began to execute works in a more stylized manner. Influenced by the arrival of the European Surrealists in New York during WWII and was included in First Papers of Surrealism. Worked closely with Matta, a proponent of automatic painting, who exerted a large influence on Baziotes and fellow artists including Kamrowski, Pollock, and Jimmy Ernst. In 1948, founded, along with Hare, Robert Motherwell, and Mark Rothko, the Subjects of the Artist School. 

Work dealt with the shadowy, mysterious realm of mythic subject matter and the unconscious, later marked by a poetic feel, with abstracted figures against a timeless, mottled ground. In 1962, included in Sydney Janis' important exhibition Ten American Painters. 

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