KEYWORDS: Abstract art, Mixed media (implied by the use of paint and potential collage elements), Expressionism/Abstract Expressionism, Drip painting/Action painting (due to the use of drips and gestural marks), 1987 (date), Gestural, Spontaneous/Dynamic, Color contrast, Figurative elements (implied by central shapes and lines that could suggest a face or body). Born: 1922 - Newark, New Jersey. Died: 2008 - Timoniam, Ireland. Known for: Modernist figure and abstract expressionist painting. Name variants: Grace Hardigan, George Hartigan. Called a second-generation Abstract Expressionist, Grace Hartigan has created work that strikes a balance between abstract and figurative. Typically her figures are boldly outlined in black, and she fills them in with blocks of coloration. Of her painting she said: "I do not wish to describe my subject matter, or to reflect upon it---I want to distill it until I have its essence. Then the rawness must be resolved into form and unity; with the 'rage for order' how can there be art?" ((Herskovic 162)In her book, American Women Artists, Charlotte Rubinstein described Hartigan's painting as "gutsy, slashing compositions that incorporated fragments of city imagery---store windows, pushcarts, glimpses of figures---with bold brush-strokes." (279)Along with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko and others, Grace Hartigan is internationally recognized for carrying figurative painting into abstraction. Conscious of the lesser regard for women artists and the male-dominated abstract painting group with which she was associated, she signed her early work 'George Hartigan'. In 1922, Grace Hartigan was born in Newark, New Jersey to an English-Irish family. From childhood, she was unconventional and obviously very intelligent, but her folks could not afford to send her to college. She married at age seventeen and became pregnant soon after. Her husband, like her parents, recognized her talent and encouraged her to study art, which she did at night classes. Signed and dated '57 lower right corner. Painting w/o frame 21.5'' x 18''. Painting comes with frame/ may or may not come with frame displayed. EMAIL US WITH ANY SHIPPING QUESTIONS.

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