The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Untitled

Untitled

1952
(American, 1906–1992)
Sheet: 72.7 x 57.1 cm (28 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
© VAGA, New York
Location: not on view

Description

The group of artists working in New York in the late 1940s and early 1950s who became known as Abstract Expressionists revolutionized painting in the 20th century. The American painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) became famous for his technique of dripping and splattering paint to develop an expansive overall composition. James Brooks, who started out as a relatively traditional artist, was strongly influenced by Pollock and similarly used the pouring and dripping of paint as a way to express emotive force. He was also influenced by the compositional structure of another abstract expressionist working at the same time, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), who favored loosely brushed, overlapping planes of color similar to what we see in the work shown here.
  • [Washburn Gallery, New York, NY]
    June 4, 2001
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Now on View at the CMA,” July 11, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled|url=false|author=James Brooks|year=1952|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.40