Cy TwomblyCy Twombly, Untitled (New York City), (1968). Courtesy Sotheby's. Untitled (New York City), a 1968 Cy Twombly “blackboard” painting, set a new auction record for the artist at $70.5 million at Thursday night's postwar and contemporary art sale at Sotheby's New York.Nov 13, 2015
PaintingSculptureCalligraphyCy Twombly/Forms
Twombly played an equally significant role in opening pathways beyond the high-minded purity and frequent machismo of Abstract Expressionism, the dominant painting style in the late 1940s and '50s, when the three men entered the New York art world.Jul 6, 2011
Lexington, Virginia, U.S. Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (/saɪ ˈtwɒmbli/; April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.
While in the army, Twombly modified the Surrealist technique of automatic drawing by creating compositions in the dark - after lights out. These "blind" drawings resulted in the kind of elongated, distorted forms and curves that we see in this work.Jun 5, 2014
Twombly ran his fingers through the paint to make small channels and in several places used a stick or brush handle to etch fine lines. He used some oil paint much like chewed gum, to form little gobs atop the canvas, which were ultimately covered with house paint to integrate them into the whole surface.
Abstract expressionismCy Twombly / PeriodAbstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the Western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris. Wikipedia
July 5, 2011Cy Twombly / Date of death
Throughout his career, Twombly sustained an active engagement with drawing, gesture, and making marks on paper. His urgent, meandering lines embody the intimate energies that carry over into his paintings, sculptures, and photographs.Apr 25, 2018
Lexington, VACy Twombly / Place of birthLexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. Wikipedia
Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.