biografía de Jack TWORKOV (1900-1982)

Lugar de nacimiento: Biala, Poland

Direcciones: Came to NYC in 1913, remaining there while also working in Provincetown, MA, 1923-35 and 1954-on.

Profesión: Painter, teacher

Estudios: Columbia Univ, 1920-1923, hon LHD, 1972; NAD, 1923-1925; ASL, 1925-1926, with Guy Pen du Bois and Boardman Robinson

Exposiciones: PAFA Ann., 1929, 1942, 1948-49, 1962; AIC, 1942; NGA, 1941; WMAA, 1941,1951-81; ACA Gal., 1940 (solo); Baltimore Mus., 1948 (solo); MoMA, 1964 (retrospective); "New American Painting," intl traveling exh, Nionia, 1958; Osaka Festival, Gutai 9, 1958; Documenta II, Kassel, Ger, 1959; "American Abstract Expressonists," Guggenheim Mus, 1961; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1949-63 (5 times; incl. gold medal, 1963). Other awards: Guggenheim fellow, 1971.

Obra: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; CMA; MoMA; NMAA; WMAA; Kent State Univ.; RISD; Walker Art Center; Yale Univ. WPA mural in Marine Hospital, Carville, IA.

Comentarios: Abstract Expressionist whose gestural brush style of the late 1940s and early 1950s showed DeKooning's influence (Tworkov opened a studio next to DeKooning in 1948). Tworkov soon evolved his own style in the 1950s, using bold colors and imposing a more gridlike structure on his work. By 1960 these horizontal and vertical elements had grown, dominating the canvas. Positions; WPA artist, 1934-41. Teaching: Leffingwell prof art & chmn dept, Yale Univ, 1963-69; Cooper Union, 1970-72; Columbia Univ, spring 1973.

Fuentes: WW73; WW47; L. Slate, Jack Tworkov (film produced by Nat Educ TV, 1963); Ed Bryant, Jack Tworkov (WMAA, 1964); Provincetown Painters, 232; 300 Years of American Art, 893; Baigell, Dictionary; D. Ashton, The Unknown Shore (Little, 1962); Falk, Exh. Record Series.