Southern ontario estate corinne michelle west 1908 1991 american was an american painter.

Corrine michelle west pics. New art was later to be known as lyrical cubism and then abstract expressionism. She was also arshile gorky s muse and probably his lover although she refused to marry him. She was also a poet actress and writer. Portrait of michael west corinne west by jon boris 1930.

Born in chicago il. She was an abstract expressionist. In 1936 at the rochester art club she had her first one woman show. View article remembering michael west a forgotten founder of abstract.

See more ideas about corinne abstract painters abstract expressionism. Jan 6 2017 explore alden s board corinne michael west followed by 236 people on pinterest. She graduated from the cincinnati art academy in 1930. From peter halley s day glo funhouse to rachel harrison s retrospective at the whitney.

Corinne michelle west changed her name to michael in 1941 in hopes of finding more professional success. It was there in 1989 that stuart and. Hoo doo that voo doo corinne michael west 1908 1991 was an abstract expressionist woman painter. Mar 14 2017 michael corinne west american 1908 1991 associated with the new york school and longtime affiliate of arshile gorky.

She was an abstract expressionist. 1932 attends first historic hans hofmann class at the legendary art students league. Corinne michelle west was born in chicago illinois. She gave a lecture during the exhibition and discussed hofmann s push and pull theories picasso cubism and other new art tenets.

Her first formal study began in 1927. Michael west was an artist of unbridled spirit and talent. The artist born corinne michelle west is among the forgotten women of the postwar era who rarely adhered to one style. View article three exhibitions to see in new york this weekend.

In 1941 she began to use the name michael which she used in her regular life as well as her painting. West on june 26 1930 at the wesley chapel in cincinnati married theatre actor randolph nelson 1909 1978. She attended the cincinnati conservatory of music before moving to the cincinnati art academy in 1925. A riveting new show at the hollis taggart gallery in new york examines her work.

Educated at cincinnati conservatory of music. 2016 corinne michelle west 1908 1991 was an american painter. Later cincinnati art academy studying drawing and portraiture under john weis and frank meyers. The artist born corinne michelle west might have been forgotten entirely save for a chance encounter in a hospital thrift shop in westchester county.

Mar 15 2014 west made reference to the new art in a 1942 poem of the same title.

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