Lives and works in New York, NY
92 x 120 inches
Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York:
Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Fund, 1997
1997.21
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Gregory Amenoff | |||
| Born 1948 in St. Charles, IL Lives and works in New York, NY |
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| Light in August, 1996 | ||||
| oil paint on canvas 92 x 120 inches Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York: Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Fund, 1997 1997.21 |
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| A painter, printmaker, and
teacher, Amenoff is known for emotionally intense works of organic abstraction.
His work shows the influence of early American modernists such as Marsden
Hartley and Arthur Dove, but has a strong sense of urgency and tension akin
to Expressionism. |