1981 | United States | Documentary

Jack Tworkov: An Interview

  • English 48 mins
  • Director | Blumenthal/Horsfield
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Tworkov Family Trust

STATUS: Released

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Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was an important member of the first generation of Abstract Expressionist painters and was, for a number of years, head of the Yale University art program. During the Depression, Tworkov worked for the WPA Federal Art Project, and became friends with artists such as Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Mark Rothko; their work was the foundation of the New York School of painting.  Late in his career, his work became more geometric, as the mark and gesture was increasingly determined by isometric grid structures. This tape was shot a year before Tworkov’s death in 1982.

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