"[explaining the close connection between Gottlieb-Newman-Rothko:] They were friends. They all were protégées of w:Milton Avery's, the three of them. They all adored Milton Avery. Oh, I don't know if they adored him, but they revered him.. ..And Milton Avery was the big powerful mover in their lives. Of the three in terms of professionalism, Gottlieb was the most professional always. He never took unto himself this role of, "I have the key to the absolute," a term that Barney Newman was very fond of invoking. They knew each other all along. And if I'm not mistaken, all three of them were married to school teachers."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Jews from the United StatesPeople from New York CityPrintmakersPainters from the United StatesSculptors from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Elaine de Kooning, in 'Oral history interview with Elaine de Kooning', 1981 Aug. 27, conducted by Phyllis Tuchman; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adolph_Gottlieb
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb (March 14, 1903 – March 4, 1974) was an American abstract expressionist painter and sculptor.
28 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Adolph Gottlieb →
Related Quotes
"1. To us art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks. 2.…"
"The role of the artist, of course, has always been that of image-maker. Different times require different images. Tod…"
"By now it has become a formula to attach new ideas on the grounds of extremism and unintelligibility. Every phase of …"
"The true artist always refuses to conform to any standards others than his own. That’s why the attacks in Russia agai…"
"Now let acknowledge the fact that to explain the meaning of painting is difficult. And when the form and the content …"
"If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence."
"As for a few others, the vital task was a wedding of abstraction and surrealism. Out of these opposites something new…"
"I have always worked on the assumption that if something is valid and meaningful to me, it will also be valid and mea…"
"People frequently ask why my canvases are compartmentalized. No one ever asks this about a house. A man with a large …"
"In times of violence, personal predilections for niceties of colour and form seem irrelevant. All primitive expressio…"