“Whatever I’m missing in life or wishing for subconsciously gets expressed in my art,” he posited to his friend and Curtis Kulig on the phone.
Abstract Expressionism was born out of an attempt by the Western intellectual elite to first comprehend and then respond — through the medium of painting — to the atrocities committed in the death camps created by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler during the latter half of WWII and the descent of man into a technological and scientific barbarity.
interdisciplinary schools like Black Mountain College.
David Roberts, Bethlehem, $39,200 to $65,300 estimate is due to be sold at Sotheby's David Roberts, R.A. - Travels through the Middle East; Important Watercolours from a Distinguished Private Collection Auction in London on April 29, 2025. Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, 34.4 x 50.5cm. The work has been traded 6 times in the past.
In the last round of available accounts, England’s sixth biggest city received significantly less Arts Council England (ACE) funding per capita compared to other northern cities, with residents receiving a paltry amount of £6.40 per head, while Manchester was awarded just under £49 and Leeds £34.51 per head, respectively.