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-'''Abstract Imagists''' is a term derived from a 1961 exhibition in the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]], [[New York]] called ''American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists.'' This exhibition was the first in the series of programs for the investigation of tendencies in American and European painting and sculpture.+'''William Baziotes''' (June 11, 1912 – June 6, 1963) was an [[United States|American]] painter influenced by [[Surrealism]] and was a contributor to [[Abstract Expressionism]].
-==Style==+==Life and career==
-It had been recognized that the paintings of [[Josef Albers]], [[Barnett Newman]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Clyfford Still]] and [[Robert Motherwell]] were all very different yet the symbolic content was achieved "through dramatic statement of isolated and highly simplified elements." +Born and raised in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] to Greek parents Angelos and Stella, Baziotes began his formal art training in 1933 at the [[National Academy of Design]] in [[New York City]] where he graduated in 1936. He studied with [[Charles Courtney Curran|Charles Curran]], [[Ivan Olinsky]], [[Gifford Beal]], and [[Leon Kroll]]. Baziotes taught through the [[Federal Art Project]] in from 1936-1938 and worked on their WPA Easel Project from 1938-1940.
-In many cases the dramatic simplification was achieved by the use of:+
-*geometric means: [[Josef Albers]]; [[Franz Kline]]; [[Hans Hofmann]]+In the 1940s he became friends with many artists in the emerging [[Abstract Expressionist]] group. Although he shared the groups' interest in primitive art and [[surrealist automatism|automatism]], his work was more in line with European [[surrealism]] Later in his career he taught extensively. His first solo exhibition was at [[Peggy Guggenheim|Peggy Guggenheim's]] Art of This Century Gallery in 1944. With [[David Hare (artist)|David Hare]], [[Robert Motherwell]], and [[Mark Rothko]], Baziotes founded the ''Subjects of the Artist School'' in New York in 1948. He also taught at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] Art School, [[People's Art Center]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]], and at the [[City University of New York]], [[Hunter College]] and [[New York University]] in Manhattan during the last ten years of his life.
-*compression: [[Grace Hartigan]]; George McNeil+Baziotes and his wife Ethel, whom he married in 1941, lived in the Morningside Heights area of northern Manhattan until his death from cancer in June 1963, aged 50. During his lifetime, he and his wife shared a love of ancient Greek art and sculpture as well as the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Many of his paintings are inspired by the latter's poetry as well as by ancient art.
-*intricate elaboration of canvas surfaces: [[Richard Pousette-Dart]]; Robert Richenburg; John Ferren; [[Jimmy Ernst]];+Some of his famous works are ''Aquatic'', ''Dusk'', and ''The Room'', all of which are in the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]] in New York.
-*isolated shapes or signs: [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Robert Motherwell]] 
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-*detailed over-all patterning of the canvas: [[William Baziotes]] 
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-*simplified structure through the dominance of the large, unified color shapes: [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]], [[Esteban Vicente]], [[Adja Yunkers]], Cameron Booth; Giorgio Cavallon 
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-In some cases there was a "loss of the feeling and immediacy" in the work. 
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-==List of Abstract Imagists== 
- 
-*[[Joseph Albers]] 
-*[[William Baziotes]] 
-*[[Norman Bluhm]] 
-*Cameron Booth 
-*[[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]] 
-*Lawrence Calcagno 
-*[[Nicolas Carone]] 
-*[[Giorgio Cavallon]] 
-*[[Nassos Daphnis]] 
-*[[Enrico Donati]] 
-*Edward Dugmore 
-*[[Friedel Dzubas]] 
-*[[Jimmy Ernst]] 
-*John Ferren 
-* [[Sam Francis]] 
-* [[Helen Frankenthaler]] 
-*[[Michael Goldberg]] 
-*[[Arshile Gorky]] 
-*[[Adolph Gottlieb]] 
-*[[Cleve Gray]] 
-*Stephen Grene 
-*[[John Grillo]] 
-*[[Philip Guston]] 
-*[[Grace Hartigan]] 
-*[[Al Held]] 
-*[[Hans Hofmann]] 
-*Ralph Humphrey 
-*[[Paul Jenkins (painter)|Paul Jenkins]] 
-*[[Alfred Jensen]] 
-*[[Jasper Johns]] 
-*[[Ellsworth Kelly]] 
-*[[Franz Kline]] 
-*[[Willem de Kooning]] 
-*[[Alfred Leslie]] 
-*[[Michael Loew]] 
-*[[Morris Louis]] 
-*[[Conrad Marca-Relli]] 
-*[[Roberto Matta]] 
-*George McNeil 
-*[[Joan Mitchell]] 
-*Kyle Morris 
-*[[Robert Motherwell]] 
-*[[Barnett Newman]] 
-*[[Kenneth Noland]] 
-*Raymond Parker 
-*[[Jackson Pollock]] 
-*[[Richard Pousette-Dart]] 
-*[[Robert Rauschenberg]] 
-*[[Ad Reinhardt]] 
-*[[Milton Resnick]] 
-*Robert Richenburg 
-*William Ronald 
-*[[Mark Rothko]] 
-*Ludwig Sander 
-*Leon Smith 
-*[[Theodoros Stamos]] 
-*[[Frank Stella]] 
-*[[Clyfford Still]] 
-*[[Mark Tobey]] 
-*[[Bradley Walker Tomlin]] 
-*[[Jack Tworkov]] 
-*Albert Urban 
-*[[Esteban Vicente]] 
-*Jack Youngerman 
-*[[Adja Yunkers]] 
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-==See also== 
-*[[New York Figurative Expressionism]] 
-*[[American Figurative Expressionism]] 
-*[[Expressionism]] 
-*[[Abstract Expressionism]] 
-*[[New York School]] 
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-==Related styles, trends, schools or movements== 
-*[[Action painting]] 
-*[[Abstract expressionism]] 
-*[[New York School]] 
-*[[Color field painting]] 
-*[[Hard-edge painting]] 
-*[[Minimalism]] 
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William Baziotes (June 11, 1912 – June 6, 1963) was an American painter influenced by Surrealism and was a contributor to Abstract Expressionism.

Life and career

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Greek parents Angelos and Stella, Baziotes began his formal art training in 1933 at the National Academy of Design in New York City where he graduated in 1936. He studied with Charles Curran, Ivan Olinsky, Gifford Beal, and Leon Kroll. Baziotes taught through the Federal Art Project in from 1936-1938 and worked on their WPA Easel Project from 1938-1940.

In the 1940s he became friends with many artists in the emerging Abstract Expressionist group. Although he shared the groups' interest in primitive art and automatism, his work was more in line with European surrealism Later in his career he taught extensively. His first solo exhibition was at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1944. With David Hare, Robert Motherwell, and Mark Rothko, Baziotes founded the Subjects of the Artist School in New York in 1948. He also taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, People's Art Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and at the City University of New York, Hunter College and New York University in Manhattan during the last ten years of his life.

Baziotes and his wife Ethel, whom he married in 1941, lived in the Morningside Heights area of northern Manhattan until his death from cancer in June 1963, aged 50. During his lifetime, he and his wife shared a love of ancient Greek art and sculpture as well as the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Many of his paintings are inspired by the latter's poetry as well as by ancient art.

Some of his famous works are Aquatic, Dusk, and The Room, all of which are in the Guggenheim Museum in New York.




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