The King Is Dead
Date
1950
Creator
Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Grace Hartigan is often grouped with the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, artists whose works were influenced by psychic automatism and the writings of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Developed in New York City during the late 1940s, Abstract Expressionism was the first truly American style...The King is Dead reveals both Hartigan's Abstract Expressionist roots and her search to develop her own style. The work is most directly influenced by Jackson Pollock...The title proclaims her belief in Abstract Expressionism, which she referred to as "the triumph of American painting." King Picasso has been dethroned and Pollock now reigns. from Snite Museum of Art, Selected Works: Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, 2005)
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