Barnett Newman Biography
Barnett Newman Biography
(January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.
Newman was born in New York City, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. studied philosophy at the City College of New York and worked in his father’s business manufacturing clothing. From the 1930s he made paintings, said to be in an expressionist style, but eventually destroyed all these works.
A well-respected writer and critic who also organized exhibitions and wrote catalogs, Newman later became a member of the Uptown Group.
Newman died in New York City of a heart attack in 1970.
Nine years after his death, Newman’s widow Annalee founded the Barnett Newman Foundation. The Foundation not only functions as his official Estate, but also serves “to encourage the study and understanding of Barnett Newman’s life and works.” The Foundation was instrumental in creating Newman’s Catalogue Raisonne in 2004.[6] The U.S. copyright representative for the Barnett Newman Foundation is the Artists Rights Society.