Article: Philip Guston: abstract expressionism's provocative pioneer and ultimate critic.(Museum Today)(Biography)

BEGINNING with his childhood fascination with popular American comic strips; through mural painting laden with political imagery; to easel painting and a burgeoning interest in, advancement of, and ultimate disenchantment with Abstract Expressionism; through his invention of a highly controversial figurative mode of painting and drawing that influenced younger artists, Philip Guston (1913-80) courageously changed styles according to his beliefs and in response to social and political issues of the day.

"Philip Guston ... reflects influences ranging from the great Italian quattrocento masters Piero della Francesca and Paolo Uccello, to [Jean-Antoine] Watteau, to ...

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