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Grace Hartigan | |
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![]() Hartigan in LIFE magazine, May 13, 1957 | |
Born | |
Died | November 15, 2008 | (aged 86)
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Abstract expressionism |
Spouse(s) |
(div. 1947) (annulled 1950) Robert Keene (m. 1958)(died 1981) |
Children | 1 son |
Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922 – November 15, 2008) was an American abstract expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s.[1] Her circle of friends, who frequently inspired one another in their artistic endeavors, included Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Frank O'Hara. Her paintings are held by numerous major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As director of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting, she influenced numerous young artists.